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Early Childhood Mathematics Through A Social Justice Lens: An Autoethnography, Jennifer Ward
Early Childhood Mathematics Through A Social Justice Lens: An Autoethnography, Jennifer Ward
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this autoethnography was to explore the experiences, both successes and challenges, as I worked to teach mathematics using a social justice framework in a summer enrichment camp with four and five-year-old children. Drawing from both critical approaches (Freire, 1968) and sociocultural approaches (Rogoff, 2008), this dissertation outlines critical perspectives within Early Childhood Education, as well as trends in teaching mathematics for social justice to frame the research study. Autoethnography was selected as a methodological approach in this study as I examined my own teaching experiences and journey engaging in teaching mathematics for social justice. Primary data sources …