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Why Teach Mathematics?
Heymann, Hans (Universitat Siegen, Germany)
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Description for Why Teach Mathematics?
Hardback. The cultural and practical significance of mathematics in our society contrasts with the way adolescents experience mathematics in school. This book presents arguments for seven interconnected objectives of a school system aiming at general education and provides a profile of an alternative mathematics instruction that can help in this goal. Series: Mathematics Education Library. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
Seven years after its publication in Germany, this book is now available to English readers. In the German-speaking countries, the publication led to intense controversies on the significance, the goals, and the future development of mathematics instruction in schools. Currently, there is much debate in many countries on how to evaluate the findings of such international comparative studies as TIMSS and PISA, debate on which consequences should be taken for designing national curricula and on which reforms of mathematics instruction in schools should be initiated. I hope that this book might provide substantial suggestions beneficial to resolving these and similar ... Read more
Seven years after its publication in Germany, this book is now available to English readers. In the German-speaking countries, the publication led to intense controversies on the significance, the goals, and the future development of mathematics instruction in schools. Currently, there is much debate in many countries on how to evaluate the findings of such international comparative studies as TIMSS and PISA, debate on which consequences should be taken for designing national curricula and on which reforms of mathematics instruction in schools should be initiated. I hope that this book might provide substantial suggestions beneficial to resolving these and similar ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
Series
Mathematics Education Library
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402017865
SKU
V9781402017865
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Ref
99-15
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