Richard BARWELL

Associate Professor

LMX 443

Telephone: (613) 562-5800-6797

E-Mail: richard.barwell@uOttawa.ca

Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Richard Barwell's research focuses on language and discourse in mathematics
classrooms, particularly in multilingual settings. He has worked as a
teacher in Pakistan and the UK, and as a researcher in the UK, Canada and
South Africa, where he is visiting professor at the University of the
Witwatersrand and collaborates with Prof. Mamokgethi Setati of the
University of South Africa.

Richard is currently the primary investigator for the SSHRC-funded research project "Mathematics in a multilingual world: the socialization of second language learners of
mathematics". This project will examine how second language learners of
mathematics are socialised into both mathematics and language in different
settings, including, for example, ESL settings or immersion settings.

Special issues of journals

Barwell, R., Setati, M. & Barton, B. (Eds.) (2007) Multilingualism in
mathematics education. Special Issue of Educational Studies in Mathematics,
Vol. 64 no. 2.

Barwell, R. (Ed.) (2005) Critical issues for language and content in
mainstream classrooms. Special Issue of Linguistics and Education, Vol. 16
no. 2, pp. 143-252.

Barwell, R. & Kaiser, G. (Eds.) (2005) Multicultural Issues in the Teaching
and Learning of Mathematics. Special Issue of Zentralblatt für Ditaktik der
Mathematik (ZDM) Vol. 37 No. 2, pp. 61-115.

Journal articles

Barwell, R., Barton, B. & Setati, M. (2007) Multilingual issues in
mathematics education: introduction. In Barwell, R., Setati, M. & Barton, B.
(Eds.) Multilingual Issues in Mathematics Education. Special issue of
Educational Studies in Mathematics 64(2) 113-119.

Setati, M. & Barwell, R. (2006) Discursive practices in two multilingual
mathematics classrooms: an international comparison. African Journal of
Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 10(2) 27 ¬ 38.

Barwell, R. (2005) Integrating language and content: issues from the
mathematics classroom. Linguistics and Education 16(2) 205-218.

Barwell, R. (2005) Critical issues for language and content in mainstream
classrooms: introduction. In Barwell (Ed.) Critical Issues for Language and
Content in Mainstream Classrooms. Special issue of Linguistics and Education
16(2) 143-150.

Barwell, R. & Kaiser, G. (2005) Introduction: mathematics education in
culturally diverse classrooms. In Barwell, R. & Kaiser, G. (Eds.)
Multicultural Issues in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics. Special
Issue of Zentralblatt für Ditaktik der Mathematik (ZDM) 37 (2) 61-63.
Barwell, R. (2005) Empowerment, EAL and the National Numeracy Strategy.
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 8(4) 313-327.

Barwell, R. (2005) Working on arithmetic word problems when English is an
additional language. British Educational Research Journal 31 (3) 329-348.

Barwell, R. and Setati, M. (2005) Multilingualism in mathematics education:
a conversation between the north and the south. For the Learning of
Mathematics: An International Journal of Mathematics Education 25 (1) 20-24.