Care in Mathematics Education

Anne Watson is Professor Emerita of Mathematics Education at the University of Oxford, UK. She taught for 13 years in comprehensive schools in disadvantaged areas using a variety of pedagogic approaches. Since retirement she has worked extensively with teachers, teacher educators and curriculum projects focusing on pedagogy, learning and curriculum with a concern for social justice.

• 1. Introduction and Recent History.- 2. Mathematics Schooling and the Aims of Education.- 3. The Cognitive Work of Learning Mathematics.- 4. Content, Pedagogy and Learning States.- 5. Care.- 6. Mathematics Education in Indigenous Communities.- 7. Some Mathematics Education Alternatives in England.- 8. Care in Publicly Funded Mathematics Education.- 9. Care for the Learning of Mathematics.