Leaders in mathematics education : experience and vision /

This book consists of interviews with the most important mathematics educators of our time. These interviews were originally published in the International Journal for the History of Mathematics Education and are now being offered to a wider readership for the first time, collected in a single volum...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Karp, Alexander (Alexander P.) (Editor), Roberts, David Lindsay (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers, 2014
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Table of Contents:
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS; HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
  • PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES: (Instead of an introduction); THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AS A SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES; THE INTERVIEW AS A MEANS OF UNDERSTANDING AND AS A MEANS OF COLLECTING DATA; AFFILIATION; INTERVIEW WITH MICHÈLE ARTIGUE; BEGINNING. SCHOOL YEARS; UNIVERSITY YEARS; BEGINNING OF THE WORK AND RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION; RESEARCHING TECHNOLOGY IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION; OTHER DIRECTIONS OF RESEARCH
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS; HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
  • PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES: (Instead of an introduction); THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AS A SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; THREE QUARTERS OF A CENTURY IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES; THE INTERVIEW AS A MEANS OF UNDERSTANDING AND AS A MEANS OF COLLECTING DATA; AFFILIATION; INTERVIEW WITH MICHÈLE ARTIGUE; BEGINNING. SCHOOL YEARS; UNIVERSITY YEARS; BEGINNING OF THE WORK AND RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION; RESEARCHING TECHNOLOGY IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION; OTHER DIRECTIONS OF RESEARCH
  • Getting involved in mathematics educationschool mathematics study group; what is first year algebra all about?; few more ideas; smsg and international experience; on critiques of smsg; college teaching; teaching modeling; more on international connections; notes; references; interview with alan schoenfeld; school years; university education; more on problem solving; on further research; on nctm standards; on the development of research in mathematics education; international connections and influences; on the history of mathematics education; notes; interview with zalman usiskin; school years
  • On french school of mathematics educationon icmi awards in mathematics education; working in icmi executive committee and being a president of icmi; on history of mathematics education; notes; references; interview with heinrich bauersfeld; beginning: school years; higher education; first years of teaching; years in frankfurt am main; years in bielefeld; more on research; on influential scholars; on a paradox in mathematics education; notes; references; publications of idm; interview with ubiratan d' ambrosio; school years; university education; further career in education; ethnomathematics
  • On the development of research in mathemnatics educationon the history of mathematics education; interview with geoffrey howson; background: coming to the field; school mathematics project; working for educational development overseas; returning to southampton; working for icmi; researching in the history of mathematics education; thinking about the recent past; notes; references; interview with celia hoyles; background; starting research and becoming interested in technology; participating in international projects; working as a government chief advisor for mathematics education
  • Working on tvparticipating in british projects; on the development of technology in mathematics education; on the history of mathematics education; notes; interview with jeremy kilpatrick; background; ed begle on psychology; first research projects; smsg; more on ed begle and research in mathematics education; lessons learned from the new math era; pólya, begle, and kline; at teachers college (tc), columbia university, and at university of georgia (uga); nctm standards and other recent initiatives; history of mathematics education; notes; references; interview with henry pollak
  • Working on tvparticipating in british projects; on the development of technology in mathematics education; on the history of mathematics education; notes; interview with jeremy kilpatrick; background; ed begle on psychology; first research projects; smsg; more on ed begle and research in mathematics education; lessons learned from the new math era; pólya, begle, and kline; at teachers college (tc), columbia university, and at university of georgia (uga); nctm standards and other recent initiatives; history of mathematics education; notes; references; interview with henry pollak