Bridging disciplines to build equity : interdisciplinary mathematics through the lens of critical multicultural education

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dc.contributor.advisorSalinas, Cinthiaen
dc.contributor.advisorCarmona Dominguez, Guadalupe de la Pazen
dc.creatorSivam, Kumaridevien
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-25T17:30:11Z
dc.date.available2016-02-25T17:30:11Z
dc.date.issued2006-12en
dc.description.abstractCritical theory has shown that the organization of knowledge, forms of transmission of knowledge, and the assessment of acquisition of knowledge are crucial factors in the reproduction of power relationships in society (Freire, 1970; Apple, 1980; McLaren, 1998; Sleeter and McLaren, 1995; Bigelow, 2002). Schooling in the United States has always been designed to benefit particular groups over others, with "race,"class, ethnicity, culture, language, religion and gender among the factors used to differentiate the education offered (Loewen,1995; Oakes, 2005; Watkins, 2001). I extend this framework by taking science and mathematics, which have more often than other disciplines been taken to be neutral, to explicitly be part of this tradition. Research shows that multicultural education usually fails to move beyond superficial levels of modification of the curriculum (Banks, 1995; Nieto, 1995; Lee, Menkart, and Okazawa-Rey, 1997; McLaren and Sleeter, 1995). I build on theories of critical multicultural education and on my own teaching of interdisciplinary courses to propose interdisciplinarity as an approach to science and, in particular, mathematics education as a process of simultaneously challenging biased constructions of disciplinary boundaries and of extending access to the power held by these disciplines. My approach is informed by Delpit's (1988; 1995) framework of codes of power and explicit acknowledgment of these codes as essential to equitable education.en
dc.description.departmentCurriculum and Instructionen
dc.format.mediumelectronicen
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T25T18en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/33398en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofUT Electronic Theses and Dissertationsen
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Presentation of this material on the Libraries' web site by University Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin was made possible under a limited license grant from the author who has retained all copyrights in the works.en
dc.rights.restrictionRestricteden
dc.subjectMulticultural educationen
dc.subjectInterdisciplinarityen
dc.subjectMathematics educationen
dc.titleBridging disciplines to build equity : interdisciplinary mathematics through the lens of critical multicultural educationen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.genreThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentCurriculum and Instructionen
thesis.degree.disciplineCurriculum and Instructionen
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austinen
thesis.degree.levelMastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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