Dr CATHERINE GRIPTON CATHERINE.GRIPTON@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Pattern in early years mathematics curriculum: a 25-year review of the status, positioning and conception of pattern in England
Gripton, Catherine
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Abstract
Pattern is fundamental to mathematical learning yet pattern has been conspicuously low key within early mathematics curriculum guidance in England despite evidence that it predicts later attainment in mathematics overall. Whilst recent curriculum changes have seen pattern afforded enhanced status, this is within a conception of pattern that marks a significant shift away from the evidence base. Through analysis of 25 years of early mathematics curriculum in England, this article identifies a curriculum landscape where pattern has been afforded little attention and narrowly framed. It finds that positioning pattern as a minor topic in mathematics potentially limits children’s access to “powerful knowledge”, in a critical realist sense, and to learning which is fundamental to deep, connected mathematical understanding. Recognition of pattern as powerful knowledge would position it as an essential, broad, central tenet of early childhood mathematics education and as an entitlement at the heart of national curricula.
Citation
Gripton, C. (2022). Pattern in early years mathematics curriculum: a 25-year review of the status, positioning and conception of pattern in England. Research in Mathematics Education, 25(1), 3-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2021.2010237
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Nov 4, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Apr 18, 2022 |
Publication Date | Apr 18, 2022 |
Deposit Date | Jan 11, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Journal | Research in Mathematics Education |
Print ISSN | 1479-4802 |
Electronic ISSN | 1754-0178 |
Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 25 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 3-23 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2021.2010237 |
Keywords | General Mathematics; Education |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/7222136 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14794802.2021.2010237 |
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