Basic Mathematics for the people means more than the ability to calculate. It means the ability to reason quantitatively, the ability to use numbers to clarify issues and to support or refute opinions. Mathematics education for the people must also be mathematics education with the people. It cannot be taught using...
Tag - pedagogy of the oppressed
Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed (New York Herder and Herder, 1970) is a critical book for all those who are seeking alternative lifestyles in the teaching of science life styles which are grounded in and have bearing on the social, political and economic reality of the contemporary world. It is a book for...