Improving Mathematics at Work: The Need for Techno-Mathematical Literacies

by Celia Hoyles, Phillip Kent, Richard Noss

Improving Mathematics at Work questions the mathematical knowledge and skills that matter in the twenty-first century world of work, and studies how the use of mathematics in the workplace is evolving in the rapidly-changing context of new technologies and globalisation. Through a series of case studies from the manufacturing and financial service sectors, the authors argue that there has been a radical shift in the type mathematical skills required...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415480086
• ISBN13: 9780415480086
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"