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Book Review

Adults, mathematics and work: re-enchantment of the mathematics embedded in workplaces

Adults, Mathematics and Work. From Research into Practice, by J.J. Keogh, T. Maguire, and J. O’Donoghue, Leiden, The Netherlands, Brill Sense, 2019, 174 pp., €99.00 (paperback), ISBN 978-90-04-38176-6

References

  • Hoyles, C., A. Wolf, S. Molyneux-Hodgson, and P. Kent. 2002. Mathematical Skills in the Workplace: Final Report to the Science Technology and Mathematics Council. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1515581/.
  • Latour, B. 1987. Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers Through Society. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
  • Straesser, R. 2000. “Mathematical Means and Models from Vocational Contexts – A German Perspective.” In Education for Mathematics in the Workplace, edited by A. Bessot and J. Ridgway, 66–80. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer.
  • Wedege, T. 2010. “People’s Mathematics in Working Life: Why Is It Invisible?” Adults Learning Mathematics 5 (1): 89–97.
  • Williams, J., and G. Wake. 2007. “Black Boxes in Workplace Mathematics.” Educational studies in mathematics 64 (3): 317–343. doi: 10.1007/s10649-006-9039-z

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