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In their description of the mathematical work of teaching, Ball, Bass & Hill (2004) describe the mathematical problem solving that teachers do as they go about their work. In this paper we add to this description through our study of teaching of probability in a grade 8 multilingual classroom in South Africa. We use instances of teaching to highlight the mathematical problem solving that teachers might face as they work with learners’ ideas, both expected and unexpected. We discuss the...
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AB - In this chapter, we discuss equity and quality of mathematics education in Malawi in terms of equal opportunities of education to all groups of learners and in terms of indicators of quality developed by the Malawi government. We focus on female and male learners and also on rural and urban schools. Differences between female and male learners include that the proportion of females is much less than that of males especially in secondary and higher education, and that female learners...
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Many countries in Africa have mother tongue policies which require learners to be taught in their mother tongue for at least some years of primary education. This paper discusses the implementation of such policies in relation to mathematics terminology in the teaching and learning of mathematics. I present and discuss two strategies of dealing with mathematical terminology when teaching in the mother tongue: the strategy of developing mathematics registers in the local languages and the...
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the distribution of ‘science for all’ and ‘science for scientists’ in the documentation of the school integrated science curriculum in Malawi. This was done with the aim of enabling university academics to find out whether or not this curriculum could prepare pupils adequately for the whole range of university science and technology programmes; an issue that has received a lot of attention in recent years. A content analysis of the rationale,...
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The paper discusses findings of a study that investigated Malawian students' meanings for some probability vocabulary. The study explores the meanings that, prior to instruction, students assign to some words that are commonly used in teaching probability. The aim is to have some insight into the meanings that students bring to the classroom. The sample for the study consisted of 154 students in their first year of secondary school education and whose first language was Chichewa. The paper...
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The paper discusses the meanings that Malawian students attach to the word ‘fair’ in the context of probability games. The aim was to have some insight into the meanings that students bring to the classroom. In Malawi, English is the school language but not the students' first language. The sample consisted of forty students in their first year of secondary school whose first language was Chichewa. Their ages ranged from 13 to16 years. Data were collected through group discussions after...
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The study investigated the influence of language policy in education in a bilingual mathematics classroom in the first four years of primary school in selected schools in Malawi. The sample consisted of mathematics teachers from primary schools in Zomba District. Classroom observation and clinical interviews were conducted with teachers who each taught a lesson in Chichewa and also in English. The findings showed that teachers experience dilemmas and tensions in the use of either Chichewa or...
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Though some learning is taking place in the mathematics classrooms, the study revealed a culture that does not fully support the effective development of early number concepts. Using the activity theory, contradictions were evident in the classrooms during the learning of the number concepts. There exists a number of challenges to the learning of early mathematics. The findings of this study will contribute to; the body of knowledge about CHAT as an analytical lens for studying mathematics...
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