Towards empowering learners in a democratic mathematics classroom: To what extent are teachers’ listening orientations conducive to and respectful of learners’ thinking?

In an effort to make education accessible, to ‘heal the divisions of the past and establish a society based on democratic values’, the South African Department of Education claims that a series of mathematics reforms that has so far been introduced is underpinned by the principles of ‘social just...

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Main Authors: Michael K. Mhlolo, Marc Schäfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2012-12-01
Series:Pythagoras
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Online Access:https://pythagoras.org.za/index.php/pythagoras/article/view/166