Pattern in Early Years Mathematics Curriculum: A 25-Year Review of the Status, Positioning and Conception of Pattern in England

Autor/in	Gripton, Catherine
Titel	Pattern in Early Years Mathematics Curriculum: A 25-Year Review of the Status, Positioning and Conception of Pattern in England
Quelle	In: Research in Mathematics Education, 25 (2023) 1, S.3-23 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gripton, Catherine)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-4802
DOI	10.1080/14794802.2021.2010237
Schlagwörter	Mathematical Concepts; Pattern Recognition; Early Childhood Education; Mathematics Education; Mathematics Curriculum; Foreign Countries; National Curriculum; Epistemology; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mustererkennung; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Mathematische Bildung; Ausland; Erkenntnistheorie
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. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01