Immigrant Latina Mothers' Participation in a Community Mathematization Project

Autor/in	Willey, Craig
Titel	Immigrant Latina Mothers' Participation in a Community Mathematization Project
Quelle	In: Adults Learning Mathematics, 3 (2008) 2, S.29-40 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-1803
Schlagwörter	Immigrants; Hispanic Americans; Mothers; Parent Participation; Mathematics Instruction; Community Programs; Adult Education; Parent Education; Urban Schools; Elementary Schools; After School Programs; Spanish Speaking; Hispanic American Students; Networks; Identification (Psychology); Case Studies; Mathematical Concepts; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Concept Formation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Mother; Mutter; Elternmitwirkung; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung
Abstract	This paper shows how Latina, immigrant mothers expanded their mathematical boundaries by participating in a community mathematization project. These mothers were not only participants, but also curriculum designers in collaboration with university researchers. By involving the mothers in the design of the project, researchers improved the likelihood that the project would reflect Latina/o "funds of knowledge" and capitalize on Latina/o epistemology. This contrasts with typical approaches to mathematics teaching and learning that ignore the knowledge of parents or do not define them as collaborators. The data collected by children and parents from community sites were collaboratively analyzed by teams of undergraduate student facilitators, elementary students, parents, and researchers. The final products were digital stories that illustrated the mathematics in the daily operations of a particular community site as well as posed a potential mathematical problem that the worker might encounter. Our findings reveal the mathematics that is evident to the mothers, as well as how social networks function to support Latina parents' development of mathematical knowledge and agency. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Adults Learning Mathematics. 26 Tennyson Road, Kilburn, London NW6 7SA UK. e-mail: editor-i@alm-online.net; Web site: http://www.alm-online.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01