National Subcommissions of ICMI and their Role in the Reform of Mathematics Education

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ICMI (or IMUK) was founded in 1908 and initiated the establishment of national subcommissions to launch national activities in response to the IMUK agenda and to promote the reform proposals within each member country.While ICMI’s activities were thoroughly studied, the activities of the national subcommissions are studied only very marginally. In the meantime, their work has been of major importance – both because of their role in exploring and documenting the development of mathematics education at the beginning of the 20th century, and because of the changes and new ideas which they brought to their countries. Importantly, even if some results of their activities were analyzed within their countries in the corresponding languages, almost nothing is known internationally. This book is planned to deepen our knowledge on at least some of the national subcommissions. The book will interest both researchers and others interested in mathematics education and its development. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Challenges, Hopes, Actions, and Tensions in the Early Years of the International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics (Fulvia Furinghetti)....Pages 1-34 The French Subcommission of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (1908–1914): Mathematicians Committed to the Renewal of School Mathematics (Renaud d’Enfert, Caroline Ehrhardt)....Pages 35-64 The German IMUK Subcommission (Gert Schubring)....Pages 65-91 The British National Subcommission of ICMI and the Mathematics Education Reform (Leo Rogers)....Pages 93-117 The Italian Subcommission of the International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics (1908–1920): Organizational and Scientific Contributions (Livia Giacardi)....Pages 119-147 The Russian National Subcommission of ICMI and the Mathematics Education Reform Movement (Alexander Karp)....Pages 149-191 The American National Subcommission of ICMI (Alexander Karp)....Pages 193-234 Back Matter ....Pages 235-247