Critical mathematics education as a human right

The political character of pedagogical action

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https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2023.27.15359

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human rights. critical mathematics education. civilizing equation.

Abstract

Dialogue about the relationship between Human Rights and critical mathematics education is a current need. This requirement is due to the advancement of imperatives of reality on the educational offer available to citizens. This theoretical essay of a propositionous nature intends to present the origins of the claim for education in the modern era and the role of critical mathematical education in its bulge. At the same time, we will try to demonstrate that the current limits, both of the implementation of the principles of human dignity and of access to education, are determined and limited by the political decisions taken at the highest levels of national states and corporate corporations. For this discussion we bring the formulation of the civilizing equation, as a tool for analyzing the real, through contemporary variables. We defend the imbrication of the civilizing equation with the concerns of critical mathematical education in order to assume the maximization of human rights as a goal for social transformation.

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  • Paula Andrea Grawieski Civiero, Instituto Federal Catarinense

    Post-doctorate and PhD in Science and Technology Education. (UFSC). Master in Mathematics Teaching (UFRGS). Specialist in Methodology of Mathematics Teaching (UNIDAVI/UFSC). Graduated in Science, full qualification in Mathematics (FAFI-PR). Professor of Basic, Technical and Technological Education at the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina (IFC) - Campus Rio do Sul. Coordinator of the Degree Course in Mathematics. Member of the National Commission of the Network Movement Mathematics Fair. Member of the Center for Research in Technological Education (NEPET/UFSC) and the Center for Studies and Research on Mathematics Education and its perspectives (NEPEMP/IFC). Lines of research: Teacher Education; Critical Mathematics Education, Mathematics Fairs and Social Implications of Science and Technology. In his current studies, he seeks to recognize the contemporary variables of the civilizing equation, in order to provoke reflections on the social role of education.

  • Ricardo Scopel Velho, Federal Institute Catarinense

    Post-Doctorate in Education from the Federal University of Santa Catarina. PhD in Education (UFSC); Master in Political Sociology (UFSC); Human Rights Specialist (FOCUS); Graduated in Social Sciences (UFSC). Member of the Study Group on Actualities (GEA), at the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina. Participant of the Group of studies capital, labor and education (GECATE). Professor at the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina, Rio do Sul campus. Collaborator at Escola Nacional Florestan Fernandes. He works in the area of sociology, education, law and geopolitics.

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2023-07-27

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No. 27 (2023): Prometeica - nº 27 (07/2023 - 10/2023)

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Grawieski Civiero, P. A., & Scopel Velho, R. . (2023). Critical mathematics education as a human right: The political character of pedagogical action . Prometeica - Journal of Philosophy and Science, 27, 640-648. https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2023.27.15359