34.078-3 - The Transdisciplinary Nature of Mathematics Education

• In Event: 34.078 - Roundtable Session 13

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Mathematics education has been transformed into a field that transcends disciplines and includes connections between mathematics and other fields, subject areas, and addresses critical issues of the 21st century. This symposium addresses transdisciplinarity within the context of mathematics education while embracing multiple approaches and perspectives. We present five papers on the following topics: 1) the integration of the urban arts into a mathematics classroom, 2) complexity science in mathematics education, 3) sustainability and critical mathematics education, 4) Indigenous perspectives in mathematics and science education, and 5) the learning garden as a space for mathematics education. This symposium aims to motivate the mathematics education community to reflect on the role that transdisciplinarity plays in their own research and practice.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Research in Mathematics Education

Chairs

• Nenad Radakovic, College of Charleston

• Limin Jao, McGill University

Papers

• Integrating the Urban Arts and Mathematics: The Journey of One Teacher and His Students - Limin Jao, McGill University; Marta Anna Kobiela, McGill University; Melissa Proietti, McGill University; Deborah Friedmann

• Complexity as a Discourse on School Mathematics Reform - Brent Davis, University of Calgary

• Transdisciplinarity, Critical Mathematics Education, and Sustainability - Travis Weiland, Appalachian State University; Nenad Radakovic, College of Charleston; Jesse Bazzul, University of Regina

• Echoed Rememberings: Mathematics and Science Education as Re/conciliation - Lisa Ann Lunney Borden, Saint Francis Xavier University; Dawn Wiseman, McGill University

• Opening a Space of/for Curriculum, or, The Learning Garden as Context and Content for Difference in Mathematics Education - Susan Jagger, Ryerson University