New materialist ontologies in mathematics education: The body in/of mathematics

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 453-470

  de Freitas, Elizabeth ^a   Sinclair, Nathalie ^a  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concept; Embodiment; Materialism; Virtual

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878499730     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-012-9465-z     Document Type: Article

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