Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice

 Developed by: Dr Leicha Bragg (Deakin University)

This resource has been created to support teachers to explore how mathematical knowledge and skills can support students to make sense of social justice issues around the world, in the hope it will inspire them to take action. 'Teaching Mathematics for Social Justice' provides opportunities to engage students in real life mathematics that is purposeful and meaningful.  It not only addresses aspects of the Mathematics curriculum but also the General Capabilities (and Religious Education).

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Each video has closed captions (cc) enabled.  

If you would like to remove or add the captions to the video, please click on the cc at the bottom of each video.

Leicha-Bragg---1.TMfSJ-Introduction.mp4

Video 1: Introduction

3:10 minutes

Leicha-Bragg---2.TMfSJ-Task-Grandfather's-Birthday.mp4

Video 2: Grandfather's birthday (Task)

3:51 minutes

Leicha-Bragg---3.TMfSJ-Water.mp4

Video 3: Water

5:27 minutes

Leicha-Bragg---4.TMfSJ-Food.mp4

Video 4: Food

5:15 minutes

Leicha-Bragg---5.TMfSJ-Task-Stolen-Land.mp4

Video 5: Stolen Land (Task)

3:36 minutes

Leicha-Bragg---6.TMfSJ-Meeting-the-Challenge.mp4

Video 6: Meeting the Challenge

4:23 minutes

Please note: in the second video 'Grandfather's birthday' there is an error regarding how the money is recorded (written).

In the video it has money recorded as $3 150.  The correct way of recording money is $3,500 (has a comma not a space).

 Additional Resources 

Websites

Australian Bureau of Statistics https://www.abs.gov.au/

Australian Human Rights Commission https://www.humanrights.gov.au

Bureau of Meteorology http://www.bom.gov.au/water/

**NEW** Choose your own statistics - ABC Education https://www.abc.net.au/education/choose-your-own-statistics-interactive/13670332

Dollar Street (Gapminder) https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street

Gapminder https://www.gapminder.org/

Human Rights and Business Dilemmas Forum https://hrbdf.org/

Human Rights Data Analysis Group: www.hrdag.org/ 

Ozharvest https://www.ozharvest.org/

Radical Math: www.radicalmath.org

Radical Statistics Group www.radstats.org.uk

Royal Life Saving Australia https://www.royallifesaving.com.au/

Stephanie Alexander's Kitchen Garden Foundation https://www.kitchengardenfoundation.org.au/

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization https://en.unesco.org/

UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees https://www.unhcr.org/figures-at-a-glance.html

Water Footprint Network http://waterfootprint.org

World Bank worldbank.org

World Health Organization https://www.who.int/