[Maths-Education] Re: Attacks on Jo Boaler and mathematics education

[Marie Joubert]

The FLM one, I think. I also don't seem to be able to access it.

Marie
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Marie Joubert
Senior Research Fellow in Mathematics Education
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On 18 Oct 2012, at 06:10, Peter Gates wrote:

> Which article jeanne? There's a few going round 
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> Peter Gates
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> From my iPhone +44 (0)773 0808 353
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> On 17 Oct 2012, at 09:55 PM, "Jeanne Albert" <geanne at netvision.net.il> wrote:
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>> Can someone send the article around.
>> Thanks,
>> Jeanne Albert
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: maths-education-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
>> [mailto:maths-education-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Pat
>> Drake
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 10:42 PM
>> To: Mathematics Education discussion forum
>> Subject: [Maths-Education] Re: Attacks on Jo Boaler and mathematics
>> education
>> 
>> Pete Write has written a helpful article in For the Learning of
>> Mathematics, 32, 2 called  The Math Wars: tensions in the development of
>> school mathematics curricula
>> http://flm-journal.org/index.php?do=details&lang=en&vol=32&num=2&pages=7-13
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Pat
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>> On 17/10/2012 23:58, "Lerman, Stephen" <lermans at lsbu.ac.uk> wrote:
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>>> Dear colleagues,
>>> You may know that Jo Boaler's work in a Californian school, called
>>> Railside for anonymity, has been attacked by some very conservative
>>> mathematicians. Their attack is aimed at every progressive approach to
>>> teaching and learning mathematics but focused specifically at Jo's
>>> studies. They have also attacked her personally quite viciously, and have
>>> contravened ethical practices by providing information that can be used
>>> to identify the school and the students.
>>> Jo, and through her our research as a community and our desire to improve
>>> the teaching and learning of mathematics, needs defending.
>>> Please see her website http://www.stanford.edu/~joboaler/ for full
>>> details and register your support on facebook, twitter or other ways you
>>> may choose.
>>> Steve Lerman
>>> 
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>>> Fax: +44 (0)20 7815 8160
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