Showing papers by "Thomas S. Popkewitz published in 1988"
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the social and cultural issues that underlie the patterns of schooling; the assumptions and implications of curriculum languages for teaching mathematics; and the contradictory meaning of change and reform underlie current efforts to improve instruction.
Abstract: Mathematics cannot be treated solely as a logical construction or a matter of psychological interpretation. What is defined as school mathematics is shaped and fashioned by social and historical conditions that have little to do with the meaning of mathematics as a discipline of knowledge. To understand school conditions, the essay considers (1) the social and cultural issues that underlie the patterns of schooling; (2) the assumptions and implications of curriculum languages for teaching mathematics, and (3) the contradictory meaning of change and reform that underlie current efforts to improve instruction.
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TL;DR: The problem of culture contains contradictory social interests as discussed by the authors, which gives reference in current political debates about the role of dominant traditions and disenfranchised groups, providing a point of reference for marginalized groups.
Abstract: The problem of culture contains contradictory social interests. It gives reference in current political debates about the role of dominant traditions and disenfranchised groups, providing a point o...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the social formation of research by considering autobiography, biography, and institutions, and discuss the relation of U.S. corporate liberalism, Protestant theology, and Jewish identity.
Abstract: Social influences on the formation of research agendas comprise one of the central problems of control and power in contemporary societies. The contemporary world is one in which the exercise of control is provided not by brute force but by the defining patterns of communication by which a society gives direction and organization to its social affairs. The production of knowledge has implications for how we conceive, organize, and challenge our ongoing social relations.This article focuses upon the social formation of research by considering autobiography, biography, and institutions. Our research programs are not conceived solely as those of individual imagination, but involve a complex relation among community, institutions, social structure, and individuals. The discussion focuses upon the relation of U.S. corporate liberalism, Protestant theology, and Jewish identity, and the role of the university as a dynamic in the administration of the State. The story is not one of causation. Yet, it is a...
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