November 2017, Vol. 48, Issue 5
The Culture of Exclusion in Mathematics Education and Its Persistence in Equity-Oriented Teaching
Nicole L. Louie
The author investigates the influence of the dominant culture characterizing mathematics education—which she terms the culture of exclusion—on efforts to teach for equity. Analyzing a year of observations in an urban high school mathematics department, she found that this culture structured everyday instruction even for teachers who expressed a strong commitment to equity and who participated in ongoing equity-oriented professional development.
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