Mathematics Education Research Journal· 2026Q1
Already successful: enacting a rasquache mathematics pedagogy
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A rasquache mathematics pedagogy, integrating a Chicanx art exhibit, reframes a third-grade classroom as a space of abundance, enabling students to recognize their inherent brilliance and collective power to shape educational futures.
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Key points
- Rasquache mathematics pedagogy centers people, place, and possibility through practices of 'making do' and abundance.
- Chicanx art is used to reframe classroom mathematics as already sufficient, not a means to seek access.
- The approach shifts focus from assimilation for equity to recognizing inherent student brilliance and collective power.
- Analysis is based on a single day's Number Talk in a multilingual third-grade classroom.
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Abstract
Abstract In this article, we braid together conversations from a multilingual third-grade mathematics classroom in the U.S. with a Chicanx art exhibit to illustrate the generative power of a rasquache mathematics pedagogy—one that centers people, place, and possibility. This pedagogy takes shape through practices grounded in making do with what is at hand, maintaining a lens of abundance rather than deficiency. Through an analysis of a single day’s Number Talk (Parrish, 2011), we explore the mathematics classroom as a space of creative, relational, and political possibility. We use Chicanx art to reframe classroom mathematics as already sufficient—as more than enough. Our analysis resists the impulse to use mathematics education as a means of seeking access to existing systems, hoping for equity through assimilation. Instead, we ask what becomes possible when we recognize that we are already whole, already brilliant, and that, collectively, we hold the power to generate the educational futures we need.
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