The effects of school geometry in the shaping of a desired child

Melissa Andrade-Molina; Paola Valero

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-34006-7_15

The effects of school geometry in the shaping of a desired child

Melissa Andrade-Molina, Paola Valero

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Abstract

In this chapter we explore how school geometry becomes a technology for the government of the self, and how the pedagogical devices of school geometry conduct students’ ways of thinking and acting. We contend that students, in their working with pedagogical devices, engage in a training process in which they learn to regulate their own conduct so that they perceive space through the trained eyes of reason provided by Euclidean, school geometry. Our contribution is an analysis of the power effects of school geometry in terms of the fabrication of children’s subjectivities towards the shaping of the desired child of society.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Disorder of Mathematics Education
Subtitle of host publication	Challenging the Sociopolitical Dimensions of Research
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	251-270
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319340067
ISBN (Print)	9783319340050
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34006-7_15
State	Published - 1 Jan 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Euclidean Geometry
Geometrical Figure
Mathematics Education
Spatial Ability
Spatial Skill

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