The California State Board of Education voted to adopt a new math framework on Wednesday that adds “meaning-making,” social justice, and an “inquiry” based approach to the curriculum.
The 1,000-page guidance seeks to put meaning-making at the center of the math classroom, promoting a focus on problem-solving and applying math knowledge to real-world situations, according to aThe framework also encourages teachers to make math “culturally relevant” for all students, especially non-white students, the report adds.
The four core themes involved in the new curriculum guidance reportedly include inquiry-based instruction, equity and cultural responsiveness, high school course sequencing, and data science as a priority. The California framework says this will get students engaged in problem-solving that feels interesting to them and that demonstrates the real-world relevance of math.
But others in the mathematics community say that using math class as a venue to discuss social justice themes or solutions to public policy problems is not ideal.
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