Mathematics for Social Justice
- 216 pages
- English
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Mathematics for Social Justice
About this book
Mathematics instructors are always looking for ways to engage students in meaningful and authentic tasks that utilize mathematics. At the same time, it is crucial for a democratic society to have a citizenry who can critically discriminate between "fake" and reliable news reports involving numeracy and apply numerical literacy to local and global issues.
This book contains examples of topics linking math and social justice and addresses both goals. There is a broad range of mathematics used, including statistical methods, modeling, calculus, and basic algebra. The range of social issues is also diverse, including racial injustice, mass incarceration, income inequality, and environmental justice. There are lesson plans appropriate in many contexts: service-learning courses, quantitative literacy/reasoning courses, introductory courses, and classes for math majors. What makes this book unique and timely is that the most previous curricula linking math and social justice have been treated from a humanist perspective. This book is written by mathematicians, for mathematics students. Admittedly, it can be intimidating for instructors trained in quantitative methods to venture into the arena of social dilemmas. This volume provides encouragement, support, and a treasure trove of ideas to get you started.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Citation Information
- Notes on Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 Doing Social Justice: Turning Talk into Action in a Mathematics Service Learning Course
- 2 Fighting Alternative Facts: Teaching Quantitative Reasoning with Social Issues
- 3 Measuring Income Inequality in a General Education or Calculus Mathematics Classroom
- 4 “There Are Different Ways You Can Be Good at Math”: Quantitative Literacy, Mathematical Modeling, and Reading the World
- 5 The Brokenness of Broken Windows: An Introductory Statistics Project on Race, Policing, and Criminal Justice
- 6 Meaningful Mathematics: A Social-Justice-Themed-Introductory Statistics Course
- 7 Unnatural Disasters: Two Calculus Projects for Instructors Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice
- 8 Supermarkets, Highways, and Natural Gas Production: Statistics and Social Justice
- 9 Mass Incarceration and Eviction Applications in Calculus: A First-Timer Approach
- 10 Math for the Benefit of Society: A New MATLAB-Based Gen-Ed Course
- 11 Using Graph Talks to Engage Undergraduates in Conversations Around Social Justice
- 12 Critical Conversations on Social Justice in Undergraduate Mathematics
- Index