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The teaching of mathematics, knowledge of mathematics, knowledge of the sciences are some of the parameters used to evaluate the ability of a country to improve its capacity for production and creativity. The spread of scientific knowledge, and especially of mathematics, is an essential factor. It is precisely those countries that were once defined as ‘emerging’ and are now among the most industrialised and powerful on earth that have invested in basic training, in excellent scientific training, and in mathematics in particular. Obviously these include China, India and Korea. Hence the importance of teaching, and of mathematics teaching.
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Emmer, M. (2013). Lessons in Mathematics, at the Cinema. In: Emmer, M. (eds) Imagine Math 2. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2889-0_10
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