A Theoretical Inquiry into the Ethics of Mathematics Teaching

This paper explores the ethics of the mathematics teacher, starting from the ethical obligations that all human being and professionals share towards those in their care. Most notably this involves a duty of care for students, since teachers can be the most influential persons after their parents. The ethics of mathematics teaching is analysed as concerning the aims of school mathematics, the selection of pedagogy, and the selection of content. The equal treatment of all students is also a central principle, although there are ethical dilemmas posed by the spread of achievement levels in mathematics. The ethical content of school mathematics itself is also considered, although this is a controversial issue. The paper notes that the modern tendency is for teachers to be viewed almost as technicians delivering the centrally decided mathematics curriculum. This paper argues that teachers have ethical agency which can and should still be exercised while meeting professional and institutional obligations.

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The role of problem solving in school mathematics

Implementation Research on Problem Solving in School Settings ◽

10.37626/ga9783959871167.0.18 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 215-217

Author(s):

Benjamin Rott ◽

Ioannis Papadopoulos

Keyword(s):

Problem Solving ◽

Mathematics Teaching ◽

School Mathematics ◽

Teacher Proficiency ◽

Selection Of

In this report of a workshop held at the 2018 ProMath conference, a summary is given of the contents of the workshop. In particular, the role of problem solving in regular mathematics teaching was discussed (problem solving as a goal vs. as a method of teaching), with implications regarding the selection of problems, its implementation into (written) exams as well as teacher proficiency that is needed for implementing problem solving into mathematics teaching.

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Communicating Mathematics

Mathematics Teacher ◽

10.5951/mt.84.8.0615 ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 84 (8) ◽

pp. 615-622

Author(s):

Mary M. Hatfield ◽

Gary G. Bitter

Keyword(s):

Mathematics Teaching ◽

Mathematics Curriculum ◽

Mathematics Learning ◽

School Mathematics ◽

Curricular Reform ◽

National Council ◽

Evaluation Standards ◽

Learning And Teaching ◽

Mathematical Sciences ◽

Oriented Approach

Affording more opportunities to engage students in thinking and communicating mathematically and integrating technology into mathematics education are clear trends in curricular reform. Recent recommendations emphasize adopting a more active, process-oriented approach to mathematics learning and teaching. The Mathematical Sciences Education Board's document Reshaping School Mathematics (1990) emphasizes that a person engaged in mathematics gathers, discovers, creates, and expresses facts and ideas about patterns. The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in its Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989) advocates mathematics teaching through activities that encourage students to explore mathematics, to gather evidence and make conjectures, and to reason and communicate mathematically as they discuss and write about ideas that use the language of mathematics. This vision of the classroom specifies a mathematics curriculum in which students are “doing and investigating” mathematics rather than just “knowing” mathematics.

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Adapting Middle School Mathematics Teaching and Learning for Students Struggling to Succeed

PsycCRITIQUES ◽

10.1037/a0008268 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 52 (25) ◽

Author(s):

Helene J. Sherman ◽

Gooyeon Kim

Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Mathematics Teaching ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Middle School Mathematics ◽

School Mathematics ◽

Mathematics Teaching And Learning

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Thinking about Publishing? On Seeking Patient Consent to Publish Case Material

Couple and Family Psychoanalysis ◽

10.33212/cfp.v5n2.2015.168 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Christopher Clulow ◽

Ernest Wallwork ◽

Caroline Sehon

Keyword(s):

Ethical Dilemmas ◽

Professional Community ◽

Case Material ◽

Clinical Material ◽

Duty Of Care ◽

Therapeutic Action ◽

Scientific Advancement ◽

Patient Consent ◽

Ethical Responsibilities

The onus on therapists to seek the consent of their patients before publishing clinical material may be one reason why so few decide to write about their experience. There are inevitable and unavoidable tensions in balancing the duty of care to patients with other ethical responsibilities, including the needs of the professional community for education and scientific advancement. In this paper, we explore the context and dynamics of seeking consent from couples and families to publish material relating to their therapy and propose a way to manage some of the ethical dilemmas involved in writing about patients that is in keeping with the contemporary analytic literature on the interpersonal unconscious between patient and therapist, and the interpsychic/interpersonal dimensions of therapeutic action. Throughout this paper, the term “patient” is used to designate couples and families as well as individuals.

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