Eva Jablonka|C. Fred Bergsten
Numbers don’t speak for themselves: strategies of using numbers in public policy discourse
Freie Universität Berlin|Linköping University
mathematics education general agreement regarding significance mathematical literacy also quantitative literacy numeracy informed citizenship often requires evaluating use numbers public policy discourse hold evaluation must accommodate necessarily fragile relation information numbers taken carry policy decisions meant support attention needs paid differences relation formed mind investigated public discourse heavily relied numbers context introducing maintaining easing rules regulations directed contain spread virus sarscov2 first epidemic wave covid19 germany peak early april 2020 used publicservice broadcasting outlet data theoretical stance affiliated poststructuralist discourse theory outcome identified four major related strategies using numbers named rationalisation contrast association recharging view explicit attention strategies well identifying new ones aid task furthering critical mathematical literacy