Ep. 30: Decolonising Maths (with Ric Crossman)

In this episode, Catarina Carvalho talks to Ric Crossman about decolonising mathematics. They discuss mathematics, the awarding gap, statistics, assessment and much more.  

EPISODE NOTES:

Ric Crossman is an Associate Professor (Education Track) in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Durham. When not working on decolonisation, he's most likely teaching statistics.

• Decolonising maths at Durham
• Article 1 and article 2 from Nature magazine
• Wendy Castillo and Kamden K. Strunk, How to QuantCrit: Applying Critical Race Theory to Quantitative Data in Education

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Produced by Chris Lloyd, Catarina Carvalho, and Sara Downton. 

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Edited by Allysa Versoza and Chris Lloyd.

This show is in part made possible by an Impact Accelerator Award from the University of Hertfordshire and the Economic and Social Research Council.