![]() | Alexandre Cavalcante Assistant Professor email: alexandre.cavalcante@utoronto.ca website: https://alexandrecavalcante.ca Department: Curriculum, Teaching and Learning | |
Research Overview My research program is centered around numeracy education and how it can respond to the demands of a society in transition. Numeracy refers to the ways in which Mathematics is produced, used and perceived in everyday life contexts by different sociocultural groups. This concept is particularly important with the rapid changes different societies around the world are going through: intensified technological advancements, changes in social relations, globalization of production systems, immigration and demographic shifts. These phenomena impose new demands - new competencies - to navigate a world embedded with cultural diversity and social inequalities. My research aims to understand how numeracy can support the development of these competencies, therefore I am interested in numeracy education from elementary school all the way to adult education. Within this research program, I propose an examination of numeracy practices in two distinct strands: formal educational contexts (in school) and informal contexts of practice (out of school). In formal education contexts, I am interested in the integration of mathematics and real-life situations and how it impacts teachers and students. I am particularly concerned with the place of different financial numeracy concepts in the curriculum and how financial numeracy can position Mathematics at the center of STEM education. In informal contexts, my interest is in the numeracy practices of different social groups. This includes investigating role of numeracy in developing entrepreneurship skills as well as the numeracy practices of culturally diverse groups in (such as immigrants, workers, linguistic minorities, indigenous peoples, etc.). These are two important issues for the Canadian society as it changes its economic structure and demographic composition. Consequently, it faces new challenges that have significant implications for Education. Curriculum Vitae http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/Curriculum_Vitae/Alexandre_Cavalcante_CV.pdf Academic History Ph.D. Educational Studies - Mathematics and Science - McGill University M.A. Social and Human Sciences - UFABC B.Eng. Management Engineering - UFABC / Korea University - 고려대학교 B.Ed. Secondary Mathematics - UFABC B.Sc. Science and Technology - UFABC Teaching Overview CTL1217 - Integrating Science, Mathematics and Technology Curricula CTL1218 - Culture and Cognition in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education CTL7002 - Curriculum and Teaching in Mathematics (J/I) Representative Publications Journal Articles
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