Learning Mathematics while Black

Autor/in	Martin, Danny Bernard
Titel	Learning Mathematics while Black
Quelle	In: Educational Foundations, 26 (2012) 1-2, S.47-66 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1047-8248
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; African American Students; African American Children; Mathematics Education; Research Methodology; Scholarships; Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Achievement; Mathematics Curriculum; Stereotypes; Racial Identification; Racial Relations; Race; Whites; White Students; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Child; Children; Kind; Kinder; Mathematische Bildung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Scholarship; Stipendium; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Klischee; Rasse; Abstammung; White; Weißer
Abstract	While research by scholars has contributed greatly to an emerging knowledge base on Black children and mathematics, there continues to be a dire need for insightful research that de-centers longstanding accounts that have contributed to the construction of Black children as mathematically illiterate and as less than ideal learners relative to other student groups. Continued research will also help to refine the most promising theoretical and methodological approaches. In this article, the author argues for even greater attention by researchers to understand and document what it means to "learn mathematics while Black." This is not a narrow call meant to suggest that Black children are idiosyncratic in their mathematical behavior and development. This is a call with much richer aims focused on learning and identity, two centrally important considerations in children's mathematical development. Yet, while it is important to discuss the development of Black children as "children", this call echoes the claims of many scholars who have argued that it is equally important to prioritize their development as "Black" children. The author contends that it is a call for understanding mathematics learning, development, and participation among Black children within their "phenomenal Black realities," giving attention to the micro-, meso-, and macro-level forces affecting their lives and utilizing culturally sensitive research methods to account for these forces. (Contains 1 figure and 8 notes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10