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Critical Citizenship in Colombian Statistics Textbooks

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The goal of this research is to study how the statistical component of fifth-grade mathematics textbooks in Colombia contributes to the development of students’ critical citizenship . This research followed a socio-critical perspective. Content analysis was the technique used to make sense of the data produced by analyzing seven mathematics textbooks, and the units of analysis were 261 tasks in the statistical components. The results show that the contexts of the tasks were mostly hypothetical with very few tasks presented in real contexts . The tasks mainly functioned as platforms to introduce measurement calculations and application of statistical procedures. When the tasks were presented within real contexts, the conditions were not used to the fullest extent to contribute to the development of students’ critical citizenship. The tasks promoted mainly statistical and technological knowledge over reflective knowledge , failing to contribute to the students’ socio political awareness.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    This is a translation by the authors. The expression in Spanish is Formación ciudadana.

  2. 2.

    Skovsmose uses the context of motoring to clarify the differences among technological and reflective knowledge. Technological knowledge is related to the skills required to construct and repair a car while the reflective knowledge is related to the skills required to drive a car and to assess the social consequences of car production. “Technological knowledge itself is unable to predict and analyse the results of its own production; reflections are needed. The competence in constructing cars is not sufficient for the evaluation of the social consequences of car production” (Skovsmose 1992, p.7).

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    Translation from the authors.

  4. 4.

    Catalogue was available on line, at the beginning of 2014, in the following link http://aplicaciones2.colombiaaprende.edu.co/textos_escolares/contenidos/resultado_busqueda.php. However, the link is not available anymore.

  5. 5.

    One of the bookstores has its catalogue available on-line. Catalogue visited on February 11, 2014 http://www.panamericana.com.co/categorias/categoria.aspx?p=reN6vDa2UjMBxvdrQqQYWeLel8MiV6lZ

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This research was supported by The University of Antioquia Research Committee―CODI.

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Zapata-Cardona, L., Marrugo Escobar, L.M. (2019). Critical Citizenship in Colombian Statistics Textbooks. In: Burrill, G., Ben-Zvi, D. (eds) Topics and Trends in Current Statistics Education Research. ICME-13 Monographs. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03472-6_17

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