Teaching Mathematics Remotely: Changed Practices in Distance Education

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Lowrie, Tom
Jorgensen, Robyn
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2012
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This investigation explored the challenges of creating meaningful mathematics practices for a community engaged in Distance Education (DE). Specifically, the study maps the influence of new technologies on the practices of a learning community where mathematics was taught remotely. The theoretical framework of this study utilised Bourdieu's work on practice to consider the changed nature of the field, in this case, remote education provision, over time. By using Bourdieu's notion of field, we are better able to understand the ways in which practices and discourses shape particular ways of working in rural education ...
View more >This investigation explored the challenges of creating meaningful mathematics practices for a community engaged in Distance Education (DE). Specifically, the study maps the influence of new technologies on the practices of a learning community where mathematics was taught remotely. The theoretical framework of this study utilised Bourdieu's work on practice to consider the changed nature of the field, in this case, remote education provision, over time. By using Bourdieu's notion of field, we are better able to understand the ways in which practices and discourses shape particular ways of working in rural education provision. The results of the study show that Field 1 was innovative and beyond the non-school world, while Field 2 lagged behind the technological resources of the non-school world.
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View more >This investigation explored the challenges of creating meaningful mathematics practices for a community engaged in Distance Education (DE). Specifically, the study maps the influence of new technologies on the practices of a learning community where mathematics was taught remotely. The theoretical framework of this study utilised Bourdieu's work on practice to consider the changed nature of the field, in this case, remote education provision, over time. By using Bourdieu's notion of field, we are better able to understand the ways in which practices and discourses shape particular ways of working in rural education provision. The results of the study show that Field 1 was innovative and beyond the non-school world, while Field 2 lagged behind the technological resources of the non-school world.
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Journal Title
Mathematics Education Research Journal
Volume
24
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
© 2012 Springer Netherlands. This is an electronic version of an article published in Mathematics Education Research Journal (MERJ), September 2012, Volume 24, Issue 3, pp 371-383. Mathematics Education Research Journal (MERJ) is available online at: http://link.springer.com// with the open URL of your article.
Subject
Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy
Curriculum and Pedagogy