Mathematics education and democracy

dc.contributor.authorMattos, Adriana Cesar de [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBatarce, Marcelo Salles
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual do Mato Grosso do Sul
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-27T11:24:37Z
dc.date.available2014-05-27T11:24:37Z
dc.date.issued2010-01-20
dc.description.abstractIn this paper, we investigate the relationship between mathematics education and the notions of education for all/democracy. In order to proceed with our analysis, we present Marx's concept of commodity and Jean Baudrillard's concept of sign value as a theoretical reference in the discussion of how knowledge has become a universal need in today's society and ideology. After, we engage in showing mathematics education's historical and epistemological grip to this ideology. We claim that mathematics education appears in the time period that English becomes an international language and the notion of international seems to be a key constructor in the constitution of that ideology. Here, we draw from Derrida's famous saying that there is nothing beyond the text. We conclude that a critique to modern society and education has been developed from an idealistic concept of democracy. © FIZ Karlsruhe 2009.en
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, São Paulo, SP
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Estadual do Mato Grosso do Sul, Dourados, MS
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniversidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, São Paulo, SP
dc.format.extent281-289
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11858-009-0232-2
dc.identifier.citationZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education, v. 42, n. 3-4, p. 281-289, 2010.
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11858-009-0232-2
dc.identifier.issn1863-9690
dc.identifier.issn1863-9704
dc.identifier.lattes6010359389066152
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84867525574
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/71566
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000281475100053
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofZDM - International Journal on Mathematics Education
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,781
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,781
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dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectCommodity form
dc.subjectDemocracy
dc.subjectEducation for all
dc.subjectMathematics education
dc.subjectSociety
dc.titleMathematics education and democracyen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.licensehttp://www.springer.com/open+access/authors+rights
unesp.author.lattes6010359389066152
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Geociências e Ciências Exatas, Rio Claropt

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