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This Chapter is an expanded and more polished form of the Round table on the topic ‘The Evolution of the Geometry Curriculum’, which opened the Catania conference. The participants were: Massimo Galuzzi, Brian Griffiths, Colette Laborde and Michael Neubrand; and they described some experiences of their respective countries - Italy, Britain, France and Germany. In 1900 these were leaders in the design of mathematical curricula, and their effects persist in many contemporary curricula (see Howson [17]), so it seems reasonable to look at their systems in some detail. Because of the genesis of the Chapter, it is made up of personal views; each author has tried to get the facts correct, but there is no attempt to get a ’Committee view’ on the various opinions expressed. Consequently, the relevant author’s name appears at the head of each main sub-section (but the References are all listed together at the end).
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Griffiths, B., Galuzzi, M., Neubrand, M., Laborde, C. (1998). The Evolution of Geometry Education Since 1900. In: Mammana, C., Villani, V. (eds) Perspectives on the Teaching of Geometry for the 21st Century. New ICMI Study Series, vol 5. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5226-6_7
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