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  1. City & Guilds, 1 Giltspur St., EC1 A9DD, London, UK

    George Barr

  2. Institute of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Informatics, Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, Emdrupvej 115B, DK-2400, Copenhagen NV, Denmark

    Ole Skovsmose

  3. Middlesex University at Enfield, EN3 4SF, Middlesex, UK

    Ivor Grattan-Guinness

  4. Faculty of Education, Monash University, 3168, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    Alan J. Bishop

  5. School of Education, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

    Nel Noddings

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Barr, G., Skovsmose, O., Grattan-Guinness, I. et al. Book reviews. Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik 30, 136–151 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-998-0001-7

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