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Record Nr.

UNINA9910349331403321

Autore

Openshaw Roger

Titolo

Transnational Synergies in School Mathematics and Science Debates / / by Roger Openshaw, Margaret Walshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2019

ISBN

9783030282691

3030282694

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 206 p. 1 illus.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Excellence and Equity in Global Education, , 2947-5953

Disciplina

370

510.71

Soggetti

Mathematics - Study and teaching

Education - History

Science - Study and teaching

International education

Comparative education

Schools

Mathematics Education

History of Education

Science Education

International and Comparative Education

School and Schooling

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introducing transnational synergies in school mathematics and science debates -- Chapter 2. Interrogating equity and excellence -- Chapter 3. Mathematics and science equity of the interwar years -- Chapter 4. The rise and fall of P.S.S.C. physics -- Chapter 5. The ascent of the 'New Mathematics', 1957-1970 -- Chapter 6. Repurposing mathematics and science -- Chapter 7. Major overhauls of the education system -- Chapter 8. Unpacking curricula and standards -- Chapter 9. Ramping up accountability -- Chapter 10. Looking back and



looking forward.

Sommario/riassunto

This book highlights and interrogates the continued interest and scrutiny of mathematics and science education. National debates on excellence and equity tend to focus largely on underachievement in mathematics and science rather than subjects in the arts or music: this is due to a belief that these curriculum areas are central to individual workplace success and national development in a competitive economic environment. The authors explore the history of these assumptions, as well as the debates based around claims that student achievement levels in these subjects has fallen. Spanning the United States, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom, the chapters question how such debates are sustained and amplified: how has this perceived ‘crisis’ been articulated and spread across national borders? This comprehensive book will be of interest and value to scholars of mathematics and science education, as well as international education debates. .