Modern mathematics : an international movement?

Modern mathematics : an international movement? / Dirk De Bock, editor.

The international New Math developments between about 1950 through 1980, are regarded by many mathematics educators and education historians as the most historically important development in curricula of the twentieth century. It attracted the attention of local and international politicians, of tea...

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Other Authors: Bock, Dirk de (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2023]
Series:History of mathematics education.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Mathematics > Study and teaching > History > 20th century.
Mathematics > Study and teaching
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Modern mathematics: an international movement diversely shaped in national contexts / Dirk De Bock
  • Part I: Preparing the reform on both sides of the Atlantic. 2. The rise of the American new math movement: how national security anxiety and mathematical modernism disrupted the school curriculum / David Lindsay Roberts
  • 3. The early roots of the European modern mathematics movement: how a model for the science of mathematics became a model for mathematics education / Dirk De Bock
  • 4. The Royaumont seminar as a booster of communication and internationalization in the world of mathematics education / Fulvia Furinghetti and Marta Menghini
  • Part II. Implementation of the reform around the world. 5. The modern mathematics movement in France: reforming to what ends? The contribution of a cross-over approach to modernity / Hélène Gispert
  • 6. West German Neur Mathematik and some of its protagonists / Ysette Weiss
  • 7. New mathematics in the United Kingdom: projects and textbooks as driving forces of curriculum reform / Leo Rogers
  • 8. Modern mathematics in Italy: a difficult challenge between rooted tradition and need for innovation / Fulvia Furinghetti and Marta Menghini
  • 9. The distinct facets of modern mathematics in Portugal / Jóse Manuel Matos and Maria Cristina Almeida
  • 10. Papy's reform of mathematics education in Belgium: development, implementation, and controversy / Dirk De Bock and Geert Vanpaemel
  • 11. A tale of two systems: a history of new math in The Netherlands, 1975-1980 / Danny Beckers
  • 12. Nordic cooperation on modernization of school mathematics, 1960-1967 / Kristín Bjarnadóttir
  • 13. Reforms inspired by Mathématique Moderne in Poland, 1967-1980 / Zbigniew Semadeni
  • 14. The new math in Hungary: Tamás Varga's complex mathematics education reform / Katalin Gosztonyi
  • 15. New math and the South Slavs / Snezana Lawrence
  • 16. The Kolmogorov reform of mathematics education in the USSR / Alexandre Borovik
  • 17. The influence of Royaumont on mathematics education in the USA / Jerry Becker and Bill Jacob
  • 18. Aspects of Canadian versions of so-called "modern" mathematics and it teaching: another visit to the old "new" math(s) / David Pimm and Nathalie Sinclair
  • 19. New math in Latin America (and a Glimpse at Costa Rica) / Angel Ruiz
  • 20. Modernizing mathematics teaching: international dialogues from Brazil / Elisabete Zardo Búrigo and Wagner Rodrigues Valente
  • 21. Australian school mathematics and "colonial echo" influences, 1901-1975 / Nerida F. Ellerton and M.A. (Ken) Clements
  • 22. What did the "new math movement" bring to Hong Kong in the 1960s and the 1970 (and Beyond)? / Man-Keung Siu and Ngai-Ying Wong
  • 23. Modern mathematics: an international movement, the experience of Morocco / Ezzaim Laabid
  • 24. Modern mathematics curriculum reforms in Ghana: UK and USA influences / Damian Kofi Mereku.

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