Engaged Reading: A Pathway to Transformative Mathematics Learning

Conventional mathematics teaching-learning activity seems unable to foster creative, critical and reflective thinking in learners because it incorporates transmissionist pedagogy. A piecemeal, linear reductionist approach prevents holistic learning that results the mindless replica of mathematical knowledge, facts, skills algorithms. It has socialized into non-questioning roles, helped create maintain passive identities, germinated feeling inferiority, lessened self-confidence power control their actions. also conceals social, cultural, historical, political, affective spiritual dimensions education its interconnection real-world problems develops literacy for 'stupidification' so remain unconscious unaware unjust practices, dynamics hegemonic ideology. In this context, editorial explores how unearth aforementioned components restrict within grips dominate structure, ideology pouring pedagogy aims envision an alternative empowering transformative I realize engaged reading is one most significant contributors liberates from 'one-size-fits-all' helps develop learners' agency they can become change agents. Engaged cognitive, affective, academic, social aspects illustrates political (power structure), ideological, cultural historical embeddedness. Furthermore, paper illuminates three interconnected roles: - as/for agentic development learning. Finally, briefly present overview issue.