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(contracted; show full)tempts to form an [[anti-bias curriculum]] in [[mathematics]]. It emphasizes the sociocultural context of mathematics education and suggests that the study of [[mathematics]] (as it is traditionally known in western societies) may exhibit racial or cultural [[bias]]. While 'anti-racist mathematics' and '[[ethnomathematics]]' scholars share the assumption that any given mathematical understanding or practice is a product of a particular culture, the forms of their scholarship differ.

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DefinitionPurpose==
Anti-racist mathematics is primarily concerned with the way in which mathematics is taught, although it also examines the contents of the curriculum to a lesser degree. An anti-racist approach to mathematics education could include any or all of the following:

*Discussion of the mathematical knowledge of ancient civilisations outside of Europe, and non-European contributions to mathematical knowledge and discovery.
(contracted; show full)*[[culture wars]]
*[[ethnomathematics]]
*[[multi-culturalism]]
*[[postmodernism]]
*[[relativism]]
*[[social constructivism]]

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=References===
*Woodrow, D. (1989). Multicultural and anti-racist mathematics teaching. In P. Ernest (Ed.), ''Mathematics teaching: The state of the art'' (pp. 229-235). London: Falmer.
*Cotton, A. (1990). Anti-racist mathematics teaching and the national curriculum. ''Mathematics Teaching'', 132, 22-26.
*Levidow, L. (1987). Racism in scientific innovation. In D. Gill and L. Levidow (Eds.), ''Anti-racist science teaching'' (pp. 43-58). London: Free Association.
*Vance, M. (1987). Biology teaching in a racist society. In D. Gill and L. Levidow (Eds.), ''Anti-racist science teaching''. (pp. 107-123). London: Free Association.
*Young, R. M. (1987). Racist society, racist science. In D. Gill and L. Levidow (Eds.), ''Anti-racist science teaching''. (pp. 16-42). London: Free Association.
*Mears, T. (1986). Multicultural and anti-racist approaches to the teaching of science in schools. In J. Guadara, C. Jones and K. Kimberley (Eds.), ''Racism, diversity and education'' (pp. 154-166). London: Hodder and Stoughton.
*The Politics of Anti-Racist Mathematics in Proceedings of the First International Conference on Political Dimensions of Mathematics Education, (Ed. R. Noss), Institute of Education Publications, University of London, 1990.
*The Politics of Anti-Racist Mathematics, European Education Journal, July 1994, pp.67-74
*Harding, Sandra. The Science Question in Feminism. 1986.

===External links===
*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,146684,00.html 'Anti-Racist' Message in Mass. Math Class] [[Fox News]] (Feb 2005)
*[http://www.atm.org.uk/reviews/books/issuesinmathsteaching.html Book Review: Issues in Mathematics Teaching] - Ed. Peter Gates
*[http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/003450.html In depth analysis of the Newton incident] (''Gene Expression'')
*[http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/003499.html Criticism of anti-racist math teacher preparation] at the College of Education at the [[University of Florida]]. (''Gene Expression'')
*[http://cogweb.ucla.edu/Debate/Ehrenreich.html "The New Creationism: Biology Under Attack"] (Relativism in the hard sciences) Barbara Ehrenreich and Janet McIntosh. ''The Nation'', June 9, 1997.
*[http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200102/cmselect/cmsctech/508/508ap30.htm Extract from memorandum submitted by the African-Caribbean Network for Science & Technology to the House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology]

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