Karen Francois / Jean Paul Van Bendegem (eds.)

Philosophical Dimensions in Mathematics Education

Herausgegeben:Francois, Karen; Bendegem, Jean Paul van

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together diverse recent developments exploring philosophy of mathematics in education. The unique combination of ethnomathematics, philosophy, history, education, statistics and mathematics offers a variety of different perspectives from which existing boundaries in mathematics education can be extended. The ten chapters in this book offer a balance between philosophy of and philosophy in mathematics education. Attention is paid to the implementation of a philosophy of mathematics within the mathematics curriculum to become a philosophy in mathematics education. In doing so, many chapters provide ideas for actual practice and some practical examples directly usable in teacher training and in mathematics classrooms.

Produktdetails

• Mathematics Education Library 42
• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 11745440, 978-0-387-71571-1
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 165mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 518g
• ISBN-13: 9780387715711
• ISBN-10: 0387715711
• Artikelnr.: 22753934

Autorenporträt

Karen Francois, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium / Jean Paul Van Bendegem, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium

Inhaltsangabe

The untouchable and frightening status of mathematics: Didactics, hidden values and the role of ethnomathematics in mathematics education.- Philosophical Reflections in Mathematics Classrooms. Chances and Reasons.- How to integrate philosophy of mathematics in teacher training courses. The relevant problems encountered in the Greek case as an example.- Learning concepts through the history of mathematics: The case of symbolic algebra.- Meaning and understanding of mathematics. The case of probability.- The formalist mathematical tradition as an obstacle to stochastical reasoning.- On Logic and Intuition in Mathematics and Mathematical Education.- A Place for Education in Contemporary Philosophy of Mathematics: The Case of Quasi-Empirism.- Ethnomathematics in practice.- Postlude.- Notes on Contributors.- Index of Names.- Index of Subjects.