
Description
This programme sets out some of the ways in which mathematics teaching is rooted in social contexts which can contain racist assumptions, and what can be done to counter this. The programme then c...oncentrates on one aspect of what some teachers are calling 'anti-racist mathematics' that is mathematics that takes as its subject matter a greater understanding of social and racial equality. We see the work of two schools and one college involved in what they are calling 'anti-racist mathematics'.
This programme sets out some of the ways in which mathematics teaching is rooted in social contexts which can contain racist assumptions, and what can be done to counter this. The programme then c...oncentrates on one aspect of what some teachers are calling 'anti-racist mathematics' that is mathematics that takes as its subject matter a greater understanding of social and racial equality. We see the work of two schools and one college involved in what they are calling 'anti-racist mathematics'.
Module code and title: | ED356, "'Race', education and society" |
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Item code: | ED356; 02 |
First transmission date: | 21-03-1992 |
Published: | 1992 |
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Duration: | 00:24:15 |
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Publisher: | BBC Open University |
Keyword(s): | Blakesley Hall School; Europe Singh; Jackie McDowell; Lanfranc School; Leslie Scafe; Rupee Singh; Sharan-Jeet Shan |
Master spool number: | HOU6596 |
Production number: | FOUE258L |
Videofinder number: | 4195 |
Available to public: | no |