Overview
- Offers an up-to-date overview of research on mathematics for adult learners
- Discusses the significance and need for lifelong mathematics learning
- Provides directions for future research
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: ICME-13 Topical Surveys (ICME13TS)
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This book presents a synopsis of six emerging themes in adult mathematics/numeracy and a critical discussion of recent developments in terms of policies, provisions, and the emerging challenges, paradoxes and tensions. It also offers an extensive review of the literature adult mathematics education. Why do adults want to learn mathematics? Did they enjoy mathematics at school so much that they want to continue? NO! Most of these adults have to learn mathematics because it is part of a formal qualification they need, because their job demands the ability to apply mathematics, or because they need basic numeracy in their daily lives. Lastly, the authors discuss five potential strategies to promote lifelong learning of mathematics among adult learners.
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Keywords
- Adult Education
- Mathematics Learning
- Mathematics Histories
- Math Anxiety
- Self-Efficacy
- Adult Learning Theory
- Mathematics for Citizenship
- Mathematics for Credentialing
- Numeracy
- Self-Directed Learning
- Experiential Learning
- Professional Development
- Lifelong Mathematics Learning Communities
- Technology-based Teaching Learning Activities
- Connectivism
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Troika of Adult Learners, Lifelong Learning, and Mathematics
Book Subtitle: Learning from Research, Current Paradoxes, Tensions and Promotional Strategies
Authors: Katherine Safford-Ramus, Pradeep Kumar Misra, Terry Maguire
Series Title: ICME-13 Topical Surveys
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32808-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32807-2Published: 11 May 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32808-9Published: 02 May 2016
Series ISSN: 2366-5947
Series E-ISSN: 2366-5955
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 41
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Mathematics Education, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education, Educational Policy and Politics