Editors:
- At present there is no text that presents the history of mathematics education across the world
- Systematically describes the historical development of teaching methods for specific subjects: i.e. algebra, geometry, calculus
- The first book that presents the history of mathematics education as a unified process across the world, including the history of cross-influences and cooperation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Mathematics Education in Different Epochs and in Different Regions: Modern Period
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History of Teaching Mathematical Subjects in School
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Front Matter
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Issues and Processes Across Borders
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This is the first comprehensive International Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education, covering a wide spectrum of epochs and civilizations, countries and cultures. Until now, much of the research into the rich and varied history of mathematics education has remained inaccessible to the vast majority of scholars, not least because it has been written in the language, and for readers, of an individual country. And yet a historical overview, however brief, has become an indispensable element of nearly every dissertation and scholarly article. This handbook provides, for the first time, a comprehensive and systematic aid for researchers around the world in finding the information they need about historical developments in mathematics education, not only in their own countries, but globally as well.
Although written primarily for mathematics educators, this handbook will also be of interest to researchers of the history of education in general, as well as specialists incultural and even social history.
Reviews
“If you are interested in mathematics education, this book provides a wealth of information. From the teaching of mathematics in antiquity to modern pedagogical practices across international borders, the book presents a compendium of the history of mathematics teaching. … it is thoroughly referenced the reader is also led to many additional resources. … As a reference book, this text will be valuable.” (Mindy Capaldi, MAA Reviews, maa.org, January, 2016)
“The Handbook on the history of mathematics education … is a milestone in the historiography of mathematics education. … The wealth of information that could enable the initiation of new research projects, and the authority of the contributors, are both superb. The book therefore, comes highly recommended; I will certainly be revisiting it many times over. It is a powerful and comprehensive introductionto the field and a must for any serious scholar of this area of intellectual history.” (Snezana Lawrence, Educational Studies in Mathematics, Vol. 92, 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
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Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA
Alexander Karp
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Universität Bielefeld Institut für Didaktik der Mathematik, Bielefeld, Germany
Gert Schubring
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education
Editors: Alexander Karp, Gert Schubring
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9155-2
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-9154-5
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-5154-3
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4614-9155-2
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 634
Number of Illustrations: 22 b/w illustrations, 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences, Mathematics Education