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The commentary on the chapters of Chronaki et al., of Nikiforidou and Pange and of Cwikla and Vonk sets the topic of working with pre-schoolers in a historical context. It draws on contributions of Comenius, Froebel, Pestalozzi and others and traces the key developments in developmental psychology. Finally, it points to the importance of research on pre-school mathematics as a condition for well-thought conceptualisations of pre-school education practice.
Editors’ note: The commentary collects historical and theoretical reflections on early childhood (mathematics) education, made separately by the two authors of the commentary before discussing the three chapters of the section briefly.
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Kaslová, M., Romero, S. (2015). Working with Pre-schoolers: A Dual Commentary. In: Gellert, U., Giménez Rodríguez, J., Hahn, C., Kafoussi, S. (eds) Educational Paths to Mathematics. Advances in Mathematics Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15410-7_11
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