Journal of Elementary Mathematics Education in Korea (한국초등수학교육학회지)

Korea Society of Elementary Mathematics Education (한국초등수학교육학회)
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Reconstructing Mathematics Education for Social Justice from a Critical Race Perspective

사회 정의를 위한 수학 교육의 원리와 방법 탐색: 비판적 인종 이론을 중심으로

  • Received : 2019.07.12
  • Accepted : 2019.08.22
  • Published : 2019.08.31
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Abstract

The aim of this study was to seek for the purpose of social justice of mathematics education based on the understating of a critical race perspectives. This paper is consisted of two parts. First, I analyzed literatures of mathematics education for social justice in order to understand the discussions and concerns related to the topic. Second, I used the selected tenets of critical race theory to examine mathematics education for social justice scholarship. From the analysis, I concluded the current capacity of mathematics education for social justice toward addressing race issues in a mathematics classroom.

본 연구에서는 비판적 인종 이론의 관점에서 학교 수학 교육에서 인종 문제를 다룬 연구들을 분석하였다. 본 연구는 두 부분으로 구성 된다. 첫 번째 부분에서는 국내외 문헌 연구를 바탕으로 사회 정의를 위한 수학의 의미와 이를 주제로 한 연구들의 동향을 분석한다. 이를 통해 사회 정의를 위한 수학 교육의 의의와 방향을 도출한다. 두 번째 부분에서는 비판적 인종 이론을 토대로 사회 정의를 위한 국내 수학 관련 연구를 검토한다. 본 연구에서는 비판적 인종 이론의 기본 원리인 인종적 영속성 또는 인종 사실주의, 자유주의 비판, 교차성의 관점에서 기존 연구들을 검토하였다. 분석 결과 현재 인종 문제와 관련한 사회 정의를 위한 수학 교육에서는 학생들 스스로 문제를 찾고 이를 수학 수업에서 논의하는 과정에 대한 연구가 부족하며, 수학 교실 안에서 학생 스스로 차별의 요소를 자각하고 이를 해결하는 접근법에 대한 고민이 필요하다는 점을 발견할 수 있었다. 또한 그동안 수학 교육 연구에서 인종 문제가 다른 차별 요소와 필연적으로 연결되어있다는 관점은 충분히 다루어지지 않은 부분으로 후속 연구의 필요성을 확인할 수 있었다. 이러한 시사점은 향후 인종 문제와 관련한 사회 정의를 위한 수학 교육 연구 방향을 설정하는데 근거 자료로 활용될 수 있다.

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