Društveni aspekti matematičkog obrazovanja

The paper examines the dual role of mathematics education in society, on the one hand as an instrument of technological and economic development, and on the other as a mechanism for status attainment. Therefore, the authors discuss the role of mathematics education in raising economic competitivenes...

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Published in:Revija za sociologiju 2012, Vol.42 (2), p.161-186
Main Authors: Puzić, Saša, Baranović, Branislava
Format: Article
Language:hrv ; eng
Subjects:
active citizenship
aktivno građanstvo
educational policy
high status knowledge
human capital
ljudski kapital
matematičko obrazovanje
mathematics achievement
mathematics education
obrazovna politika
post-industrial society
postignuća iz matematike
postindustrijsko društvo
Social Sciences
znanje visokog statusa
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Summary:The paper examines the dual role of mathematics education in society, on the one hand as an instrument of technological and economic development, and on the other as a mechanism for status attainment. Therefore, the authors discuss the role of mathematics education in raising economic competitiveness and productivity, in the (re)production of social inequalities, and its relevance for active citizenship. Drawing on the concepts of human capital and high status knowledge, it is asserted that the economic and status attainment aspects of mathematics education cannot be separated, since the actual (over)accentuation of the economic aspect strengthens the tendency for educational reproduction of social inequalities, which in the end can be economically dysfunctional. The authors emphasise the need for retreat from educational policies focused primarily on individual economic effectiveness – conceptualised through abstract holders of human capital – towards policies that combine the issue of human resources development with the question of structural inequalities in (mathematics) education and the wider society.
ISSN:0350-154X
1846-7954
1846-7954
DOI:10.5613/rzs.42.2.3