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The Politics of Mathematics Education
Mellin-Olsen, Stieg (College Of Advanced Education, Bergen, Norway)
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Description for The Politics of Mathematics Education
Hardback. Series: Mathematics Education Library. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 559.
The development of knowledge is never easy. One doesn’t want to go over old ground again, but yet one needs to establish the new in the context of the old. One is also anxious about the novelty of the ideas are they new enough, or are they too ‘way out’ to be acceptable? In some fields perhaps these criteria are less important than in others. In education, I sense that ‘novelty’ is a tricky criterion, varying in value from society to society. In some societies the new ideas have to justify their adoption in the face to the old, tried ... Read more
The development of knowledge is never easy. One doesn’t want to go over old ground again, but yet one needs to establish the new in the context of the old. One is also anxious about the novelty of the ideas are they new enough, or are they too ‘way out’ to be acceptable? In some fields perhaps these criteria are less important than in others. In education, I sense that ‘novelty’ is a tricky criterion, varying in value from society to society. In some societies the new ideas have to justify their adoption in the face to the old, tried ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Series
Mathematics Education Library
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789027723505
SKU
V9789027723505
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Ref
99-15
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