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History of mathematics for trainee teachers

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History in Mathematics Education

Part of the book series: New ICMI Study Series ((NISS,volume 6))

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The movement to integrate mathematics history into the training of future teachers, and into the in-service training of current teachers, has been a theme of international concern over much of the last century. Examples of current practice from many countries, for training teachers at all levels, enable us to begin to learn lessons and press ahead both with adopting good practices and also putting continued research efforts into assessing the effects.

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Schubring, G. et al. (2002). History of mathematics for trainee teachers. In: Fauvel, J., Van Maanen, J. (eds) History in Mathematics Education. New ICMI Study Series, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47220-1_4

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