Skip to main content

Authority and Mathematics Education

  • Reference work entry
  • First Online:
Book cover Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education
  • 88 Accesses

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 499.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 699.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Amit M, Fried MN (2005) Authority and authority relations in mathematics education: A View from an 8th grade classroom. Educ Stud Math 58:145–168

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Benne KD (1970) Authority in education. Harv Educ Rev 40:385–410

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Boaler J (2003) Studying and capturing the complexity of practice–The case of the ‘dance of agency’. In: Pateman NA, Dougherty BJ, Zilliox JT (eds) Proceedings of the 27th annual conference of PME27 and PME-NA25, CRDG, vol 1. College of Education, Honolulu, pp 3–16

    Google Scholar 

  • Dowling P (1998) The sociology of mathematics education: mathematical myths/pedagogic texts. Falmer Press, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Durkheim E (1961) Moral education (trans: Wilson EK, Schnurer H). The Free Press, New York

    Google Scholar 

  • Engle RA, Langer-Osuna J, McKinney de Royston M (2014) Toward a model of influence in persuasive discussions: Negotiating quality, authority, privilege, and access within a student-led argument. J Learn Sci 23(2):245–268

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ernest P (2008) Towards a semiotics of mathematical text (Part 3). Learn Math 28(3):42–49

    Google Scholar 

  • Fried MN, Amit M (2008) The co-development and interrelation of proof and authority: the case of Yana and Ronit. Math Educ Res J 20(3):54–77

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Grabiner J (2004) Newton, Maclaurin, and the authority of mathematics. Am Math Mon 111(10):841–852

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Harel G, Sowder L (1998) Students’ proof schemes: results from exploratory studies. In: Schoenfeld AH, Kaput J, Dubinsky E (eds) Research in collegiate mathematics III. American Mathematical Society, Providence, pp 234–282

    Google Scholar 

  • Herbel-Eisenmann BA, Wagner D (2010) Appraising lexical bundles in mathematics classroom discourse: obligation and choice. Educ Stud Math 75(1):43–63

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Krieger L (1973) Authority. In: Wiener PP (ed) Dictionary of the history of ideas, vol I. Charles Scribner’s Sons, New York, pp 141–162

    Google Scholar 

  • Langer-Osuna JM (2016) The social construction of authority among peers and its implications for collaborative mathematics problem solving. Math Think Learn 18(2):107–124

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Langer-Osuna JM (2017) Authority, identity, and collaborative mathematics. J Res Math Educ 48(3):237–247

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lerman S (2000) The Social turn in mathematics education research. In: Boaler J (ed) Multiple perspectives on mathematics teaching and learning. Ablex Publishing, Westport, pp 19–44

    Google Scholar 

  • Skovsmose O (1994) Towards a critical philosophy of mathematics education. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Vithal R (1999) Democracy and authority: a complementarity in mathematics education? ZDM 31(1):27–36

    Google Scholar 

  • Weber M (1947) The theory of social and economic organization (trans: Henderson AR, Parsons T). William Hodge ad Company Limited, London

    Google Scholar 

  • Weber K, Mejia-Ramos JP (2013) The influence of sources in the reading of mathematical text: A reply to Shanahan, Shanahan, and Misischia. J Lit Res 41(1):87–96

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Welker R (1992) The teacher as expert: a theoretical and historical examination. SUNY Press, Albany

    Google Scholar 

  • Waller W (1932) The sociology of teaching. Russell & Russell, New York

    Book  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Michael N. Fried .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Section Editor information

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG

About this entry

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this entry

Fried, M.N. (2020). Authority and Mathematics Education. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15789-0_14

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics