Don't Underestimate the Power of Contexts in Mathematics Curricula
Do’s and Dont’s for uplifting the role of context in mathematics curricula
Given students’ varied cultural, educational, and life experiences, teachers must consider how their curriculum facilitates or restricts access to mathematics and language. Mathematics exercises with contextual situations related to the multilingual learners’ experiences and culture can provide opportunities for engaging mathematical problems and tasks as well as using and learning language. The practices provided in this resource can help better align context in mathematics curricula with multilingual learners lived experiences, and supplement ELSF’s Mathematics Guidelines.

