Researching the History of Mathematics Education: An International Overview

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This book offers insights into the history of mathematics education, covering both the current state of the art of research and the methodology of the field. History of mathematics education is treated in the book as a part of social history. This book grew out of the presentations delivered at the International Congress on Mathematics Education in Hamburg. Modern development and growing internationalization of mathematics education made it clear that many urgent questions benefit from a historical approach. The chapters present viewpoints from the following countries: Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Germany, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia,Spain and Sweden. Each chapter represents significant directions of historical studies. The book is a valuable source for every historian of mathematics education and those interested in mathematics education and its development. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Influences from the 1959 Royaumont Seminar. Proposals on Arithmetic and Algebra Teaching at Lower-Secondary Level in Iceland (Kristín Bjarnadóttir)....Pages 1-21 Real Numbers in School: 1960s Experiments in France and Brazil (Elisabete Zardo Búrigo)....Pages 23-43 The Revolution in Mathematics Education During the Meiji Era (1868–1912): A Study of the Textbooks Used to Teach Computation, Geometry and Algebra (Marion Cousin)....Pages 45-60 Early Experiments with Modern Mathematics in Belgium. Advanced Mathematics Taught from Childhood? (Dirk De Bock, Geert Vanpaemel)....Pages 61-77 The Role of a Journal on Teaching Mathematics and Sciences Issued at the Beginning of the 20th Century in Professionalizing Italian Primary School Teachers (Fulvia Furinghetti, Annamaria Somaglia)....Pages 79-105 Russian Mathematics Teachers, 1830–1880: Toward a Group Portrait (Alexander Karp)....Pages 107-130 Arithmetic Patterns in the Arithmetic of Petros Argyros (Elena Kiliari, Athanasios Gagatsis, Irene Papadaki)....Pages 131-142 Frans van Schooten Sr. (1581–1645) Lecture Notes for the First Dutch Course for Engineers, Leiden, 1600–1681 (Jenneke Krüger)....Pages 143-166 Arithmetic in the Spanish Army at the End of the 19th Century: The Textbooks by Salinas and Benítez (Antonio M. Oller-Marcén, Vicente Meavilla-Seguí)....Pages 167-187 The New Math and School Governance: An Explanation of the Decline of the New Math in Sweden (Johan Prytz)....Pages 189-216 History of Mathematics Instruction in Colonial and Early Post-colonial Cambodia (Sethykar SamAn)....Pages 217-240 Patterns for Studying History of Mathematics: A Case Study of Germany (Gert Schubring)....Pages 241-259 A Teacher of Mathematics in Times of Change (Harm Jan Smid)....Pages 261-278 Visual Representations of Arithmetical Operations Performed with Counting Instruments in Chinese Mathematical Treatises (Alexei Volkov)....Pages 279-304 Back Matter ....Pages 305-314