Toward equity in quality in mathematics education

Educational equity and quality are not only research issues which cut across different disciplines but are major determinants of socio-economic and human development in both industrial and developing countries. The status and role of mathematics, a subject which has long enjoyed a privileged status...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jurdak, Murad (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dordrecht ; New York : Springer c2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009455348006719
Table of Contents:
  • Equity-in-Quality in Mathematics Education: Contexts and Perspectives
  • My Journey Toward Equity-in-Quality
  • Historical Evolution of Equity and Quality in Education and in Math Education
  • Equity-in-Quality: Towards a Theoretical Framework
  • The School Context
  • The National Context
  • The Global Context
  • Equity-in-Quality in Mathematics Education: Across Countries Comparisons Based on TIMSS 2003 Results
  • Methodology
  • Student-Related Inequity Factors
  • Teacher-Related Inequity Factors
  • School-Related Inequity Factors
  • Global Inequity Factors
  • Epilogue.