Mathematics plays an important role in todays world and is used in daily life more than is often appreciated. Mathematical literacy denotes the competence to deal with the mathematical issues of life in modern society. The underlying purpose of this book is to support the development of rich understandings and practices of how an education for mathematical literacy can be realised. The collected works, emerging from several educational systems, offer a fresh perspective on mathematical literacy and the chapters include practical examples that teachers, pre-service teachers, and teacher educators might adapt to their own needs.
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Notes on Contributors
1 International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning for Mathematical
Literacy: An Introduction
Oda Heidi Bolstad and Simon Goodchild
Part 1: Mathematical Literacy in Teaching and Teacher Education
2 Preparing Pre-service Teachers to Engage in Mathematical Literacy Practices
across the Curriculum
Kathy OSullivan and Merrilyn Goos
3 The Teaching of Mathematical Literacy in Four South African Classrooms
Ellamma Pillay and Sarah Bansilal
Part 2: Designing and Evaluating Mathematical Literacy Tasks
4 Levels of Context Use: An Analytical Tool to Inform the Influence of
Problem Context on Students Performance and to Construct Mathematical
Problems
Felipe Almuna and Kaye Stacey
5 Interplay between Contextual and Mathematical Literacy in Task Design: The
Math-LIGHT Program as an Example
Roza Leikin, Masha Boriskovsky and Math-LIGHT team
Part 3: Mathematical Literacy in Real World Tasks and Experiences
6 Supporting Teachers to Develop Mathematical Literacy through Contemporary
Financial Contexts
Carly Sawatzki, Jill Brown and Tim Powers
7 Mathematical Literacy in the Context of Statistics: A Theoretical
Discussion and an Example from a Research Project
Jonas Bergman Ärlebäck, Peter Frejd, Robert Schaller and Patrick Bergman
Skiba
8 Fostering Students Mathematical Literacy through Mathematical Modelling
Tasks
Peter Frejd, Jonas Bergman Ärlebäck and Pauline Vos
9 Mathematical Literacy as a Disruptive Innovation
Merrilyn Goos
Index
Oda Heidi Bolstad is Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at Volda University College, Norway. She is a teacher educator and her research areas include mathematical literacy and mathematical modelling.
Simon Goodchild was Professor at the University of Agder, Norway. He was a mathematics teacher educator who has published research on mathematics teaching in higher education.
Merrilyn Goos is Adjunct Professor of Education at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. She is a mathematics educator who has published research and teacher education resources on numeracy across the curriculum and across the lifespan.
