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Learning Discourse : Discursive Approaches to Research in Mathematics Education by Carolyn Kieran, Ellice A. Forman, Anna Sfard is a education title available to read on EtoBox.

What is Learning Discourse : Discursive Approaches to Research in Mathematics Education about?

The authors of this volume claim that mathematics can be usefully re-conceptualized as a special form of communication. As a result, the familiar discussion of mental schemes, misconceptions, and cognitive conflict is transformed into a consideration of activity, patterns of interaction, and communication failure. By equating thinking with communicating, the discursive approach also deconstructs the problematic dichotomy between "individual" and "social" research perspectives. Although each auth

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Common subject areas: education, pedagogy.

Author
Carolyn Kieran, Ellice A. Forman, Anna Sfard
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published
2003
Language
EN
ISBN
9780306480850
Category
education
Subjects
School Education & Teaching, Mathematics, Psychology
Updated
2026-03-25

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