ERIC Number: EJ1389625
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 33
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ISSN: ISSN-1051-1970
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"Whose Math and for What Purpose?" A Community Seminar on Identity, Culture, and Mathematics
PRIMUS, v33 n6 p569-601 2023
In the spring of 2018, the Pomona College mathematics department hosted a community seminar on identity, culture, and power in the discipline and education of mathematics. The seminar was free and open to all students, faculty, and staff of the college. In this paper, I describe the specifics of the seminar, what types of issues we discussed, what a typical seminar session looked like, and what we all gained from experience. Similar community seminars might support mathematics departments and faculty in their own endeavors to create inclusive and healthy mathematical communities.
Descriptors: Seminars, Mathematics Education, College Mathematics, Self Concept, Power Structure, Mathematics Instruction, Social Justice, Communities of Practice, Social Environment, Political Influences, Multicultural Education, Inclusion
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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