Exploring Mathematics Classroom Practices in South African Multilingual Settings

European Mathematics Curricula and Classroom Practices

Classroom Notes in Applied Mathematics

In this paper it is shown by elementary methods that in codimension two and under the assumption that light rays are straight lines, a caustic is the catastrophe set for a timefunction. The general case is also discussed. 1980 AMS Mathematics subject classification 58C28

Does ‘African mathematics’ facilitate access to mathematics? Towards an ongoing critical analysis of ethnomathematics in a South African context

Mosibudi Mangena, the Minister of Science and Technology, said in an address to the Annual Congress of the South African Mathematical Society at the University of the Potchefstroom, November 2, 2004: “There is one thing we need to address before anything else. We need to increase the number of young people, particularly blacks and women, who are able to successfully complete the first course in...

A Framework for the Comparison of Pme Research into Multilingual Mathematics Education in Different Sociolinguistic Settings

The effects of multilingualism have been an explicit focus of a number of PME research reports in recent years. These reports, however, are located in a wide range of socio-linguistic circumstances, making it difficult to compare findings and develop a clearer understanding of the relationship between the teaching, learning or understanding of mathematics. In this paper, I describe a framework ...

Exploring corruption in the South African health sector.

Recent scholarly attention has focused on weak governance and the negative effects of corruption on the provision of health services. Employing agency theory, this article discusses corruption in the South African health sector. We used a combination of research methods and triangulated data from three sources: Auditor-General of South Africa reports for each province covering a 9-year period; ...