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My Early Articles (pre 1994)

These articles represent my struggle in my early years as a mathematics education lecturer to understand and position myself within the political struggle taking place in schools in the Western Cape of South Africa and more generally in  society as well as to conceptualise what sort of programme I could begin to design that would be suitable for mathematics teachers in a future democratic South Africa.

A Cautionary Tale about Rabbits and Moles and Choices

Concerning Mr Smith

Holding the Tension of the Opposites

Teacher Education and Mathematics: Confronting Preconceptions

Catriona's letter: About the humanising of student teachers

What has happened to Jane?

Policing Exams: The Impact on Students and Teachers in Cape Schools, 1985

Teaching at Langa High: A different reality

Alternative Mathematics Programmes

Pupil-centred Activities in Primary Mathematics

Humanising Mathematics Education