Contemporary Research in Adult and Lifelong Learning of Mathematics (eBook)

IntroductionPart I      Adult NumeracyChapter 1: Defining adult & numeracy an academic and political investigation / David KayeChapter 2: Mathematics education and adult learners in Ireland / John O’DonoghueChapter 3: Thinking about relations between adults learning mathematics and reality / Juergen MaaszChapter 4: Scoping the development of a measure of adults’ numeracy (and literacy) practices /Diana Coben and Anne AlkemaPart IIChapter 5: Adults’ conception of multiplicationInvestigating changes along studies / Andrea Maffia, Maria Alessandra MariottiChapter 6: Toward mathematics education for adults in Korea / Eun Young Cho and Rae Young KimChapter 7: Mathematical explorations in the adult classroom / R. RamanujamChapter 8: Parents’ training in mathematics: a societal awareness study / Zekiye Morkoyunlu, Alper Cihan Konyalıoğlu, and Solmaz Damla GedikPart IIIChapter 9: Mathematics in youth and adult education: a practice under construction / Neomar Lacerda da Silva and Maria Elizabete Souza CoutoChapter 10: “I’ve never cooked with my maths teacher”:  Moving beyond perceived dualities in mathematical belief research by focusing on adult education / Sonja Beeli-ZimmermannChapter 11: Maths eyes – a concept with potential to support adult lifelong mathematics eucation / Terry Maguire and Aoife M. SmithChapter 12: Danish approaches for adults learning mathematics as means for labour market and/or for bildung? / Lena LindenskovPart IVChapter 13: A tale of two journeys / Barbara Miller-Reilly and  Charles O’BrienChapter 14: Lifelong Mathematics Learning for Adult Learners and Open Educational Resources / Pradeep Kumar MisraChapter 15: Learning from Research, Advancing the Field / Professor Dr. Katherine Safford-RamusConclusions and Looking Ahead / Juergen Maasz