School Mathematics in the 1990s

This 1987 study, based upon an international symposium held in Kuwait in February, 1986, seeks to identify key issues and basic questions within mathematics education.

List of contents

Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Mathematics in a technological society; 2. Mathematics and general educational goals; 3. The place and aims of mathematics in schools; 4. The content of the school mathematics curriculum; 5. On particular content issues; 6. Classrooms and teachers in the 1990s; 7. Research; 8. The processes of changes; 9. The way ahead; Bibliography.

Summary

This 1987 study, based upon an international symposium held in Kuwait in February, 1986, seeks to identify key issues and basic questions within mathematics education, to propose and comment upon alternative strategies, and to provide a stimulus for more detailed, less general discussions, within more limited geographical and social contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Howson, Geoffrey Howson, Geoff Wilson, Leslie Wilson
• Assisted by: Geoffrey Howson (Editor), Bryan Wilson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2010
• EAN: 9780521336147
• ISBN: 978-0-521-33614-7
• No. of pages: 114
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 212 g
• Series: Cambridge Educational
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Miscellaneous