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International Perspectives On Social Justice In Mathematics Education, Immaculate Kizito Namukasa

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International perspectives on social justice in mathematics education (henceforth the monograph) is edited by Brarath Sriraman and comprises 14 essays about critical mathematics education. The foreword is by Ubiratan D’Ambrosio, whose work on ethnomathematics in particular and on democratic and critical mathematics education in general has re-conceptualized the mathematics education field. D’Ambrosio observes that ‘‘social justice allows us not only to know what has been decided about ourselves and society (which is the objective of ‘‘re-productory’’ and imitative education), but calls us to participate in decisions about ourselves and society (which is the objective of creative critical education)’’ (Foreword). …