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Burgess, Elias – International Journal on School Disaffection, 2003
In this article, an eighth grader talks about his experiences at school and shares his views about middle-school education. This 13-year-old does not know what exactly started the war, but what he knows is that the school kids of America aren't learning much that is new--and they don't know what to believe. He knows that somewhere out there, the…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Student Experience, Phenomenology, Middle School Students
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Ewing, Bronwyn – Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 2006
The textbook remains a central resource for teaching and learning mathematics in many secondary classrooms, however, its effectiveness is open to question. In this article, the author argues three things: (1) that there can be a substantial disjunction between the assumptions and content of mathematics textbooks and the knowledge and experiences…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Mathematics Instruction, Student Experience, Learning Experience