Rethinking the mathematics curriculum / edited by Celia Hoyles, Candia Morgan and Geoffrey Woodhouse.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoyles, Celia, 1946-

Morgan, Candia.

Woodhouse, Geoffrey.

Series:

Studies in mathematics education series ; 10.

Studies in mathematics education series ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Study and teaching--Congresses.

Mathematics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 258 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Falmer, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

At a time when political interest in mathematics education is at its highest, this book demonstrates that the issues are far from straightforward. A wide range of international contributors address such questions as: What is mathematics, and what is it for? What skills does mathematics education need to provide as technology advances? What are the implications for teacher education? What can we learn from past attempts to change the mathematics curriculum? Rethinking the Mathematics Curriculum offers stimulating discussions, showing much is to be learnt from the differences in culture, national expectations, and political restraints revealed in the book. This accessible book will be of particular interest to policy makers, curriculum developers, educators, researchers and employers as well as the general reader.

Contents:

chapter Introduction

chapter Section One: What Is Mathematics and What Is It For?

chapter 1 Being Mathematically Educated in the 21st Century: What Should It Mean? / Johnston Anderson

chapter 2 Industrial Applied Mathematics Is Changing As Technology Advances: What Skills Does Mathematics Education Need to Provide? / Michael Clayton

chapter 3 Following Mathematical Practices in Design-oriented Work / Rogers Hall

chapter 4 Mathematizing in Practice / Celia Hoyles

chapter 5 Mathematics Provides Tools for Thinking and Communicating / Willibald D�rfler

chapter Section Two: Curriculum and Classrooms for the Future

chapter 1 One Mathematics for All? / Margaret Brown

chapter 7 General Mathematical Competence: A New Way of Describing and Assessing a Mathematics Curriculum / Julian Williams

chapter 8 Maximizing Energy in the Learning of Mathematics / Gillian Hatch

chapter 9 Modelling for the New Millennium / Carolyn English

chapter 10 Mathematics and Scientific Literacy / Daniel Sandford Smith

chapter 11 Mathematics Laboratories for Science Undergraduates / Richard Templer

chapter 12 The Mathematics of Change and Variation from a Millennial Perspective: New Content, New Context / James J. Kaput

chapter Section Three: Thinking about Change

chapter 13 Fudge and Fiddlesticks: A Century After / H. Brian Griffiths

chapter 14 Glimpses of the Past, Images of the Future: Moving from 20th to 21st Century Mathematics Education / William Higginson

chapter 15 Training Today the Teacher of Tomorrow / Bernard Cornu

chapter 16 Reconstructing Professional Judgment in Mathematics Education: From Good Practice to Warranted Practice / Kenneth Ruthven

part Section Four: Learning from the Pacific Rim

chapter 17 New Goals and Directions for Mathematics Education in Korea / Hee-Chan Lew

chapter 18 EXAM MATHS Re-examined / Fou-Lai Lin

chapter 19 The Traditional Chinese Views of Mathematics and Education: Implications for Mathematics Education in the New Millennium / Frederick Leung

chapter Notes on Contributors.

Notes:

Outcome of a conference held at the Institute of Education, University of London in October, 1996. - p.ix.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-135-70106-7

9786610400898

0-203-23473-1

1-135-70107-5

1-280-40089-7

0-585-42471-3

0-203-02289-0

9780203022894

OCLC:

559589262