This SIG focuses on the sociopolitical
dimensions of mathematics and science education (e.g., issues of power and difference). Questions our SIG intends
to address include:
- What are some of the issues of power that play out in
science/mathematics and how are they enacted in formal and informal contexts?
- How do communities develop agency and resistance in addressing issues in
science and mathematics that are relevant to their members?
- Who decides what
counts as mathematics, science, or mathematics/science education?
- How does
power influence our ability to even conceive of what is possible or probable
within science and mathematics-learning in a variety of global contexts?
We are particularly interested in work that takes critical approaches to addressing sociopolitical
issues of science and mathematics education and that illuminates and centers
systemic and structural dimensions of how power is enacted or resisted in
education.