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Biza, I. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1727-3884, Jaworski, B. and Hemmi, K.
(2014)
Communities in university mathematics.
Research in Mathematics Education, 16 (2).
pp. 161-176.
ISSN 1479-4802
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Abstract
This paper concerns communities of learners and teachers that are formed, develop and interact in university mathematics environments through the theoretical lens of Communities of Practice. From this perspective, learning is described as a process of participation and reification in a community in which individuals belong and form their identity through engagement, imagination and alignment. In addition, when inquiry is considered as a fundamental mode of participation, through critical alignment, the community becomes a Community of Inquiry. We discuss these theoretical underpinnings with examples of their application in research in university mathematics education and, in more detail, in two Research Cases which focus on mathematics students' and teachers' perspectives on proof and on engineering students' conceptual understanding of mathematics. The paper concludes with a critical reflection on the theorising of the role of communities in university level teaching and learning and a consideration of ways forward for future research.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | community of practice,community of inquiry,identity,critical alignment,university mathematics education,education ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3304 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Education and Lifelong Learning |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Research in Mathematics Education |
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| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Jul 2015 22:55 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 01:01 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/53757 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/14794802.2014.918351 |
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