The role of decision-making in the legitimation of probability and statistics in Chilean upper secondary school curriculum

Raimundo Elicer

The role of decision-making in the legitimation of probability and statistics in Chilean upper secondary school curriculum

Raimundo Elicer

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Abstract

Decision-making is argued to be intrinsically embedded in the historical emergence of probability and statistics, as well as in the justification for their inclusion as school mathematics subjects. In this article I investigate the role of decision in probability and statistics in both the current and upcoming Chilean upper secondary school mathematics curricula. Drawing upon Fairclough’s model for Critical Discourse Analysis, I analyse selected texts as examples of broader discourse practices, in particular, I focus in assumptions, modalities, and intertextualities. They evidence the role of decision-making as legitimation of the subject matter and as a mediator of agency by teachers and students. I claim there is a shift towards less appeal to authority in legitimising the curriculum, and an increasing responsibility of students in the educational process.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education
Editors	Uffe Thomas Jankvist, Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Michiel Veldhuis
Number of pages	8
Place of Publication	Utrecht
Publisher	Freudenthal Group & Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University and ERME
Publication date	2019
Pages	930-937
ISBN (Electronic)	978-90-73346-75-8
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	11th Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education - Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Duration: 6 Feb 2019 → 10 Feb 2019 https://cerme11.org

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Conference	11th Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education
Location	Utrecht University
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Utrecht
Period	06/02/2019 → 10/02/2019
Internet address	https://cerme11.org

Keywords

critical discourse analysis
curriculum
decision-making
probability
statistics

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Elicer, R. (2019). The role of decision-making in the legitimation of probability and statistics in Chilean upper secondary school curriculum. In U. T. Jankvist, M. van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, & M. Veldhuis (Eds.), Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (pp. 930-937). Freudenthal Group & Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University and ERME.

Elicer, Raimundo. / The role of decision-making in the legitimation of probability and statistics in Chilean upper secondary school curriculum. Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. editor / Uffe Thomas Jankvist ; Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen ; Michiel Veldhuis. Utrecht : Freudenthal Group & Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University and ERME, 2019. pp. 930-937

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Elicer, R 2019, The role of decision-making in the legitimation of probability and statistics in Chilean upper secondary school curriculum. in UT Jankvist, M van den Heuvel-Panhuizen & M Veldhuis (eds), Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. Freudenthal Group & Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University and ERME, Utrecht, pp. 930-937, 11th Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Utrecht, Netherlands, 06/02/2019.

The role of decision-making in the legitimation of probability and statistics in Chilean upper secondary school curriculum. / Elicer, Raimundo.

Proceedings of the Eleventh Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. ed. / Uffe Thomas Jankvist; Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen; Michiel Veldhuis. Utrecht : Freudenthal Group & Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University and ERME, 2019. p. 930-937.

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