Researching research: Mathematics education in the Political

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 9-24

  Pais, Alexandre ^a   Valero, Paola ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bio politics; Discourse; Ideology critique; Learnification; Mathematical specificity; Research on research; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859270681     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-012-9399-5     Document Type: Article

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