Young children's rights to numeracy

Munn, Penny (2005) Young children's rights to numeracy. International Journal of Early Childhood, 37 (3). pp. 61-78. ISSN 0020-7187

Abstract

In this paper I argue that children have a right to basic numeracy and that studies of adult numeracy suggest that this right is being denied to many in British schools. Because of the way that maths education discourses are structured, we do not have a separately defined discourse around numeracy teaching, and this has implications for young children's access to numeracy. I outline what a discourse of numeracy teaching would look like, and how it would relate to current maths education discourses. A developmental dimension in these discourses will improve both Early Years numeracy teaching and the curriculum development processes around British maths education. I use the term 'small' maths to define the differences between numeracy and basic arithmetic.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	3411
  Dates:	Date Event 2005 Published
  Keywords:	curriculum development, young children, childrens rights, numeracy, teaching methods, arithmetic, mathematics instruction, foreign countries, primary education, Primary Education, Mathematics, Developmental and Educational Psychology
  Subjects:	Education > Theory and practice of education > Primary Education Science > Mathematics
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Education > Education
  Depositing user:	Strathprints Administrator
  Date deposited:	05 Jun 2007
  Last modified:	19 May 2023 01:03
  Related URLs:	http://www.ped.gu.se/users/pramling/ijec...
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/3411