Birds–Dead and deadly: Why numeracy needs to address social construction. Numeracy 1(1): Article 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.1.1.6 (accessed May 30
Sociologists use the term social construction to refer to the processes by which people assign meaning to their world. This paper argues that numeracy education needs to address social construction. In particular, thinking critically about the statistics the news media report regarding social issues...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.668.2401 2023-05-15T15:34:22+02:00 Birds–Dead and deadly: Why numeracy needs to address social construction. Numeracy 1(1): Article 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.1.1.6 (accessed May 30 Joel Best The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2013 http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.668.2401 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article%3D1001%26context%3Dnumeracy en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.668.2401 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article%3D1001%26context%3Dnumeracy Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article%3D1001%26context%3Dnumeracy Creative Commons License text 2013 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T17:11:54Z Sociologists use the term social construction to refer to the processes by which people assign meaning to their world. This paper argues that numeracy education needs to address social construction. In particular, thinking critically about the statistics the news media report regarding social issues requires understanding the competitive nature of the social problems marketplace, and the social forces that allow questionable numbers to receive widespread public attention. Such critiques must incorporate more than assessing how the numbers were calculated; they must consider the social construction of particular statistics. Two recent examples—claims about the number of birds killed flying into windows, and warnings about the threat of an avian flu pandemic—are presented to illustrate the need to incorporate social construction into numeracy education. Text Avian flu Unknown |
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Sociologists use the term social construction to refer to the processes by which people assign meaning to their world. This paper argues that numeracy education needs to address social construction. In particular, thinking critically about the statistics the news media report regarding social issues requires understanding the competitive nature of the social problems marketplace, and the social forces that allow questionable numbers to receive widespread public attention. Such critiques must incorporate more than assessing how the numbers were calculated; they must consider the social construction of particular statistics. Two recent examples—claims about the number of birds killed flying into windows, and warnings about the threat of an avian flu pandemic—are presented to illustrate the need to incorporate social construction into numeracy education. |
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