Linking the micro and macro context: A sociocultural perspective

Maria Pericleous (1)

1 Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture

In this paper, I present and discuss findings from a research study the aim of which is to investigate the activity of proving as constituted in a Cypriot classroom for 12 year old students. Through Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT), the influence of research literature, curriculum prescriptions, the students and critically the teacher are documented. The evolution of objects, in particular the aims of the teacher, and other components in the activity systems are traced. Perceiving the mathematics classroom as a nested activity within educational context levels, this paper considers the role of the broader social context in which this classroom is situated.

Mots clés: CHAT; contradictions; proving; mathematics

Domaines: Mathématiques [math]; Education

Maria Pericleous. Linking the micro and macro context: A sociocultural perspective. Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Utrecht University, Feb 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands. ⟨hal-02430163⟩