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Renewing Textbooks To Align With Reformed Curriculum In Former Colonies: Ugandan School Mathematics Textbooks, Immaculate Kizito Namukasa
Renewing Textbooks To Align With Reformed Curriculum In Former Colonies: Ugandan School Mathematics Textbooks, Immaculate Kizito Namukasa
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Several nations have reformed both their mathematics pedagogy and curriculum. The remaining challenge is to review teaching and learning resources to support the renewed pedagogy and curriculum. This paper responds to the question: What pedagogy and curriculum are depicted in textbooks used in Uganda? Ugandan textbooks were analyzed in terms of mathematics content structure and genre, and presentation of written and non-written voice and looks. Whereas certain Ugandan mathematics textbooks used the narrative form and others chose to eliminate the use of extensive text, these textbooks include common characteristics such as spiral coverage of mathematics content. A few …