Join BookitisSave favorites, build lists, and follow creators.

Humans-with-media and the reorganization of mathematical thinking

Work detail

Bookitis Pick
Cover for Humans-with-media and the reorganization of mathematical thinking
HA
Image source: Open Library
Marcelo C. BorbaMonica E. Villarreal1 editions

This book offers a new conceptual framework for reflecting on the role of information and communication technology in mathematics education. Borba and Villarreal provide examples from research conducted at the level of basic and university-level education, developed by their research group based in Brazil, and discuss their findings in the light of the relevant literature. Arguing that different media reorganize mathematical thinking in different ways, they discuss how computers, writing and oral discourse transform education at an epistemological as well as a political level. Modeling and experimentation are seen as pedagogical approaches which are in harmony with changes brought about by the presence of information and communication technology in educational settings. Examples of research about on-line mathematics education courses, and Internet used in regular mathematics courses, are presented and discussed at a theoretical level. In this book, mathematical knowledge is seen as developed by collectives of humans-with-media. The authors propose that knowledge is never constructed solely by humans, but by collectives of humans and technologies of intelligence. Theoretical discussion developed in the book, together with new examples, shed new light on discussions regarding visualization, experimentation and multiple representations in mathematics education. Insightful examples from educational practice open up new paths for the reader.

Overview

Shared work-level identity and catalog context.

2 credited authorsSearch language english

Bookitis keeps work pages focused on the shared book identity and the editions that actually belong to it. Unrelated books should not appear here as primary content.

Contributors

People credited with this work in the active catalog.

  • Marcelo C. Borba

    Author profile in the active Bookitis catalog

    Open Author
  • Monica E. Villarreal

    Author profile in the active Bookitis catalog

    Open Author

Editions

Publication-specific versions linked to this work only.