Improving Mathematics at Work (Improving Learning)

Improving Mathematics at Work questions the mathematical knowledge and skills that matter in the twenty-first century world of work, and studies how the use of mathematics in the workplace is evolving in the rapidly-changing context of new technologies and globalisation. Through a series of case studies from the manufacturing and financial service sectors, the authors argue that there has been a radical shift in the type mathematical skills required for work – a shift not yet fully recognised by the formal education system, or by employers and managers.   Examining how information technology has changed mathematical requirements, the idea of Techno-mathematical Literacies (TmL) is introduced to describe the emerging need to be fluent in the language of mathematical inputs and outputs to technologies and to interpret and communicate with these, rather than merely to be procedurally competent with calculations. The authors argue for careful analyses of workplace activities, looking beyond the conventional thinking about numeracy, which still dominates policy arguments about workplace mathematics. Throughout their study, the authors answer the following fundamental questions:     What mathematical knowledge and skills matter for the world of work today?  How does information technology change the necessary knowledge and the ways in which it is encountered?  How can we develop these essential new skills in the workforce?    With evidence of successful opportunities to learn with TmL that were co-designed and evaluated with employers and employees, this book provides suggestions for the development of TmL through the use of authentic learning activities, and interactive software design. Essential reading for trainers and managers in industry, teachers, researchers and lecturers of mathematics education, and stakeholders implementing evidence-based policy, this book maps the fundamental changes taking place in workplace mathematics.

Improving Mathematics at Work: The Need for Techno-Mathematical Literacies (Improving Learning)

Science & Math

Noss, Richard

Hoyles, Celia

Bakker, Arthur

Kent, Phillip

Mathematics

Routledge

<p>This book challenges some of the conventional wisdoms on the learning of mathematics. The authors use the computer as a window onto mathematical meaning-making. The pivot of their theory is the idea of webbing, which explains how someone struggling with a new mathematical idea can draw on supportive knowledge, and reconciles the individual's role in mathematical learning with the part played by epistemological, social and cultural forces.</p>

Windows on Mathematical Meanings: Learning Cultures and Computers (Mathematics Education Library, 17)

Springer

New Cultures, New Numeracies (Professorial Lectures)

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Institute of Education

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