scholarly journals Mathematics education in the spotlight: Its purpose and some implications

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennie Golding
Keyword(s):  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Teacher Expertise ◽  
First Century ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Subject Specific ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Specific Expertise

This article proposes a reframing of the purposes of mathematics education for the twenty-first century that combines apparently divergent philosophical approaches, arguing that the consequent empowerment should as a matter of individual equity be available to all young people (as well as of benefit to wider society). It suggests that the global mathematics attainment 'spotlight', and the English policy context in particular, offer both opportunities and constraints for the development of such a high-quality mathematics education. The article also discusses the challenging implications for the curriculum, and for the nature of teacher expertise, particularly subject-specific expertise, that is needed.

Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Art Music

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 491-496
Author(s):  
LETA E. MILLER
Keyword(s):  
Art Music ◽  
American Music ◽  
First Century ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Twenty First Century

The eight-volume second edition of The Grove Dictionary of American Music is an extraordinary achievement, embodying the contributions of nearly 1500 scholars, many of whom regularly read and publish in the present journal. It was therefore with some trepidation, and a great deal of humility, that I accepted John Koegel's invitation to review the encyclopedia's coverage of twentieth- and twenty-first-century “art music.” The more I delved into this gargantuan task, the more impressed I became with the encyclopedia's scope, the high quality of writing, and the sensitivity to difficult conceptual issues in the field. (And as a side benefit, I learned about a host of people I'd not previously known.)

No Child Is an Island

2019 ◽  
pp. 45-74
Author(s):  
Susan Honeyman
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
First Century ◽  
Corporate Sponsorship ◽  
Comic Strips ◽  
Twenty First Century

This chapter turn sattention to the shrinking territory young people are permitted to roam in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, due to protection is teliding of participation. "Islanding" in 1920s and 1930s comic strips and later Robins on adesis contextualized with in analysis of protections. By the twenty-first century the sentimentalized suppression of youth was fascinatingly demonstrated by the popularity and corporate sponsorship of competitive teensailors attempting global circumnavigation, as well as a corresponding protectionist legal and media backlash. In the failure of Abby Sunder land's global venture (with much parent-blaming) and Laura Dekker's success (inspite of immensepersecution from child protectionists), the author considers these subtler consequences of protectionist premises.

One Point of View: Passports to Opportunity

1986 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
B. Ross Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Mathematics Education ◽  
Elementary School Students ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
First Century ◽  
School Students ◽  
Education Today ◽  
Twenty First Century

We are preparing today's elementary school students to live in the information society of the twenty-first century. In that society, whether one is a “have” or a “have not” will be determined largely by one' s education; the ability to do mathematics and solve problems will be essential. Today we have dramatic racial inequities in employment and income. We also have great disparities by race in students' achievement and participation in mathematics. To reduce the inequities in society tomorrow, we must address the disparitie in mathematics today. In my opinion, this challenge is the major issue in mathematics education today.

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