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[ProfessionalDevelopment 2355] Critical Thinking-NumeracyEllison, Art AEllison at ed.state.nh.usFri Jul 18 11:03:41 EDT 2008
The discussion on critical thinking and numeracy got me to pull off my bookshelf the best book in this field: Marilyn Frankenstein's ReLearning Mathematics-A Different Third R-Radical Maths, published by Free Association Books, 1989. It is described as, "At a time when government demands are narrowing educational approaches, this book provides an alternative-critical math "literacy". It sets math problems in the context of current issues around race, gender and class." There are also many math lessons in every issue of the Change Agent, published by the New England Literacy Resource Center, that focus on developing math skills in the context of building critical thinking skills with adult education students. The Change Agent: Adult Education for Social Justice: News, Issues and Ideas is a biannual publication that "helps teachers incorporate social justice content into their curriculum". The paper is designed for intermediate-level ESOL, ABE, GED and adult diploma classes. Each issue focuses on a different topic that is relevant to learner's lives. Art Ellison, NH State Director of Adult Education -------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail is confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not copy, distribute, disclose or use the information it contains, please e-mail the sender immediately and delete this message from your system. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/20080718/acb4cfa3/attachment.html
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