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Multilingualism in Mathematics Education in Africa
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Honorable Mention: African Studies Review Best Anthology or Edited Collection Prize 2025
This book brings together the first book collection of African research in mathematics education in multilingual societies and chronicles current research in different linguistic contexts across the African continent, (including Algeria, Namibia, Malawi, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa) on issues of multilingualism in mathematics education, but more importantly, it foregrounds pertinent issues for future research. With many of the authors building on earlier path-breaking African research, the book is a unique contribution of careful thinking through how linguistic diversity and multilingualism manifest in ways that differ from one geopolitical context to another. This volume is an important contribution to the growing recognition of multilingualism as the global 'linguistic dispensation' in mathematics education. It is an invitation to how we might (as an international community where more and more multilingualism is the norm rather than an exception) pay more attention to the multilingual agency and capabilities of both students and teachers in order to better harness the epistemic potential of multiple languages in contexts of language diversity in mathematics education.
This book brings together the first book collection of African research in mathematics education in multilingual societies and chronicles current research in different linguistic contexts across the African continent, (including Algeria, Namibia, Malawi, Morocco, Rwanda, South Africa) on issues of multilingualism in mathematics education, but more importantly, it foregrounds pertinent issues for future research. With many of the authors building on earlier path-breaking African research, the book is a unique contribution of careful thinking through how linguistic diversity and multilingualism manifest in ways that differ from one geopolitical context to another. This volume is an important contribution to the growing recognition of multilingualism as the global 'linguistic dispensation' in mathematics education. It is an invitation to how we might (as an international community where more and more multilingualism is the norm rather than an exception) pay more attention to the multilingual agency and capabilities of both students and teachers in order to better harness the epistemic potential of multiple languages in contexts of language diversity in mathematics education.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Contributors
- Series Editorsā Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Concept of Language-as-Resource/Sources of Meaning from an African Perspective: Challenges and Opportunities in Mathematics Education
- Part One Critical Engagement of Language Policies and Their Implementation or Reforms in Mathematics Education
- 2 Exploring the Implications of the Multilingual Turn in Mathematics Education Research for South African Policy-Makers, Researchers and Educators
- 3 Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Algeria as a Multilingual Country: Difficulties, Challenges and Hints for Future Research Studies
- 4 Novice TeachersĀ Use of the Mother Tongue in Mathematics Junior Primary Multilingual Classrooms in Northern Namibia
- Part Two Curriculum and Pedagogy Issues in Multilingual Education within Mathematics in Africa
- 5 Multilingualism Challenges in Mathematics Education in Morocco
- Part Three Support and Development of Mathematical Practices in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in a Specific Linguistic Setting in Africa
- 6 Supporting the Development of Content-Specific Language-Responsive Mathematical Teaching Practices in Multilingual Classrooms in Africa
- 7 African Language/English Bilingual Curriculum Materials: What Educative Supports Does the Bala Wande Package Offer Teachers?
- 8 A Case of English Medium Instruction in Rwanda: Issues for Mathematics Teaching and Learning Research
- Part Four Language Issues in Teaching with Mathematics Register in an Indigenous (African) Language and Directions for Future Research
- 9 Preparing Teachers to Teach Mathematics in Home Languages in Malawi: What We Know, What We Need to Know and Directions for Future Research
- Epilogue
- 10 Whose Languages? Whose Mathematics? An Epilogue
- Index
- Copyright