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Modern mathematics : an international movement? / Dirk De Bock, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- History of mathematics education
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Study and teaching--History--20th century.
- Mathematics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xli, 596 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer, [2023]
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- References
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Abstracts
- Preface to the Series
- Preface to the Book
- Author Biographies
- Chapter 1: Modern Mathematics: An International Movement Diversely Shaped in National Contexts
- Introduction
- An American Cradle and a European Cradle
- Dissemination of the Reform
- Characterization of the Reform
- A Failed Reform?
- Part I: Preparing the Reform on Both Sides of the Atlantic
- Chapter 2: The Rise of the American New Math Movement: How National Security Anxiety and Mathematical Modernism Disrupted the School Curriculum
- Emergence of Mathematical Workforce Demands in the 1940s
- The Promotion of "Modern" Mathematics for Undergraduates
- Emergence of Secondary School Reform
- Sputnik and Its Aftermath
- Concluding Remarks
- Chapter 3: The Early Roots of the European Modern Mathematics Movement: How a Model for the Science of Mathematics Became a Model for Mathematics Education
- Introduction
- The International Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Teaching
- Modern Mathematics as an Educational Project
- Structures in Mathematics and Child Psychology
- The Preparatory Meetings: Defining an Agenda
- A Decisive Meeting Between the Bourbakists and Piaget
- Dissemination and Early Developments at National Levels
- The Ongoing Debate Within CIEAEM
- Early National Developments
- Discussion
- Chapter 4: The Royaumont Seminar as a Booster of Communication and Internationalization in the World of Mathematics Education
- Meetings on Mathematics Education Before Royaumont
- Royaumont
- Bodies Promoting Internationalization in Mathematics Education
- The Seminar of Royaumont: Not Only "Euclid Must Go!"
- In the Aftermath of Royaumont
- Aarhus, Denmark
- Zagreb-Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
- Bologna, Italy
- Stockholm, Sweden. Modern Mathematics at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1962
- Athens, Greece
- In the United States of America: The Conference in Cambridge (MA)
- Frascati, Italy
- From Milano Marittima, Italy, to Echternach, Luxembourg
- Modern Mathematics Goes Beyond the Iron Curtain
- Budapest, Hungary
- Moscow, USSR. Modern Mathematics at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1966
- Bucharest, Romania
- Modern Mathematics in Other Hemispheres
- Latin America
- Africa and Asia
- Toward New Horizons
- Utrecht 1964, Netherlands
- Utrecht 1967, Netherlands
- Conclusions
- Dramatis Personae
- Much Ado About Nothing?
- Part II: Implementation of the Reform Around the World
- Chapter 5: The Modern Mathematics Movement in France: Reforming to What Ends? The Contribution of a Cross-Over Approach to Modernity
- Notes:
- Includes indexes.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 16, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9783031111662
- 3031111664
- Publisher Number:
- 99993430038
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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