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Mathematics education is arguably the most internationalised subject in higher education. This is reflected in the number of international conferences, exchanges and publications in the field. While a number of publications have addressed the internationalisation of mathematics education theory and research, the term globalisation is perhaps less familiar in the mathematics education literature. This chapter presents a theoretical construct towards the study of globalisation and internationalisation in mathematics education and identifies some key issues under each construct and that may require further discussion and research. These issues are illustrated by three case studies from Australia, East and Southeast Asia and Latin America. The chapter concludes by a discussion of global collaboration in mathematics education.
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Atweh, B., Clarkson, P., Nebres, B. (2003). Mathematics Education in International and Global Contexts. In: Bishop, A.J., Clements, M.A., Keitel, C., Kilpatrick, J., Leung, F.K.S. (eds) Second International Handbook of Mathematics Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0273-8_7
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