The introduction of probability into Australian schools interpreted within a broad-spectrum ecological framework


Book: 
Proceedings of the 20th annual meetings of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia: People in Mathematics Education (MERGA)
Authors: 
Truran, J.
Editors: 
Biddulph, F. & Carr, K.
Category: 
Year: 
1997
Publisher: 
University of Waikato Printery
URL: 
See compilation of Research Papers from 1997 ID # 2852 (Garfield & Truran)
Abstract: 

This paper argues that the two models of curriculum development currently used to interpret Australian mathematics education history--the Colonial Echo model and the Muddling Through model--are both deficient, and proposes a more complex model--the Broad Spectrum Ecological model. This considers the physical, social and intellectual forces operating within a specific environment. One small aspect of mathematics education history, the introduction of probability teaching into Australian schools, is used to illustrate the superiority of this model.

The CAUSE Research Group is supported in part by a member initiative grant from the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and Data Science Education