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The Evolution and Uptake of Numeracy and Mathematical Literacy as Drivers for Curriculum Reform - Chapter 21
Mathematics Curriculum Reforms Around the World: The 24th ICMI Study, pp.345-358
New ICMI Study Series, Springer Nature
2023
Abstract
In many countries the notion of mathematical literacy as a twenty-first century competency has emerged either from international studies, such as the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment (OECD, 2016), or from national curriculum policy development. In some English-speaking countries, however, it is more common to speak of numeracy rather than mathematical literacy. This chapter traces the emergence and interpretations of numeracy and mathematical literacy as separate but related concepts and examines their role in curriculum reform in four countries: Australia, Ireland, South Africa and Japan. The main question addressed by the chapter is: How have notions of mathematical literacy and numeracy been expressed in curriculum reforms? The analysis aims to shed light on the interpretation and expression of numeracy and its relationship to mathematics.
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- Title
- The Evolution and Uptake of Numeracy and Mathematical Literacy as Drivers for Curriculum Reform - Chapter 21
- Authors
- Merrilyn Goos (Corresponding Author) - University of LimerickKathy O’Sullivan (Author) - University of Limerick
- Contributors
- Yoshinori Shimizu (Editor) - University of TsukubaRenuka Vithal (Editor) - University of Fort Hare
- Publication details
- Mathematics Curriculum Reforms Around the World: The 24th ICMI Study, pp.345-358
- Series
- New ICMI Study Series
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-031-13548-4_21; 10.1007/978-3-031-13548-4
- ISSN
- 2215-1745; 1387-6872
- ISBN
- 9783031135484
- Copyright note
- © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023. This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if you modified the licensed material. You do not have permission under this license to share adapted material derived from this book or parts of it.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99739598402621
- Output Type
- Book chapter
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