Abstract
How should we teach mathematics so as to support adults' functioning satisfactorily in their mork and everyday lives? We can draw on the range of activities that the typical adult' is involved in, but in the usual basic education or college pre-calculus course, different adults will vary in the activities they participate in. And further. each adult's activities vary over his/her lifetime. Thus, the mathematics taught must be flexible and powerful, that is able to be generalised or 'transferred' to other contexts. Learning and thinking in school or college mathematics can be relevant to learning and thinking in 'outside' settings and activities. in several ways This might involve:
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