Diversity in Mathematics Education

I. Surveying the territory.- Introduction: The challenge of developing inclusive mathematics learning environments.- Large scale test data: Making the invisible visible.- Impact of geographical location on student achievement: Unpacking the complexity of diversity.-Rethinking learners' preferred mathematical task types: The values perspective.- Rethinking gender and technology: A case of graphics calculators in the Singaporean mathematics curriculum context.-Surveying the public: Revisiting mathematics and English stereotypes.-Surveying the territory: Linking research and practice in school mathematics.- II. Interrogating the boundaries.- From the individual to the collective: Rethinking curriculum to make diversity a positive resource.- Ethics and the challenges for inclusive mathematics teaching.- Valuing diversity in mathematics pedagogy: Enhancing teacher agency through values alignment.- Interrogating the boundaries: Inclusive practices in mathematics teaching - the need for noticing and producing relevant differences.- III. From diversity to practice.- (Dis)engagement and exclusion in mathematics classrooms - labels, values and significant others.- Including students with disabilities in the regular mathematics classroom: issues and innovations.- Investigating diversity in learning: How children add together single digit numbers.- Maximising opportunities in mathematics for all students: Addressing within school and within class differences.- From diversity to practice: Commentary.-Conclusion: From Theory to Practice.

ALAN J. BISHOP Professor of Education, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 1992-2002, Emeritus since 2002. ANASTASIOS N. BARKATSAS Mathematics Education Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. HAZEL TAN Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

From the book reviews:

"Presents theories, research, and perspectives regarding diversity and inclusivity in mathematics education for those willing to examine the challenges and possibilities of the ambitious practice of diversity and equity. ... This book is a great resource for mathematics teachers wishing to learn ways to develop better strategies for inclusion and evaluating effectiveness. Graduate students in mathematics education would do well to strive to appreciate the complex and diverse experiences, research, principles, and convictions concerning diversity, equity, and inclusivity." (Woong Lim, MAA Reviews, February, 2015)