Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity

An ICMI Study
1997
ISBN: 978-0-7923-4599-2
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 578 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1057 g

Reihe: New ICMI Study Series

In 1978, in the foreword to , Hans Freudenthal wrote that his book is a preface to a science that does not exist. Almost 20 years later, does his claim still hold true?
The present book is the result of the reflection of many individuals in mathematics education on this and related questions. Is mathematics education a science? Is it a discipline? In what sense? What is its place within other domains of research and academic disciplines? What accounts for its specificity? In the book, the reader will find a range of possible answers to these questions, a variety of analyses of the actual directions of research in different countries, and a number of visions for the future of research in mathematics education.
The book is a result of an ICMI Study, whose theme was formulated as: `What is Research in Mathematics Education and What are Its Results?'. One important outcome of this study was the realization of the reasons for the difficulty of the questions that the study was posing, leading possibly to a set of other questions, better suited to the actual concerns and research practices of mathematics education researchers.
The book addresses itself to researchers in mathematics education and all those working in their neighborhood who are concerned with the problems of the definition of this new scientific domain emerging at their borders.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kilpatrick, Jeremy

Sierpinska, Anna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword. I. The Study Conference. II. Mathematics Education as a Research Discipline. III. Goals, Orientations and Results of Research in Mathematics Education. IV. Different Research Paradigms in Mathematics Education. V. Evaluation of Research in Mathematics Education. VI. Mathematics Education and Mathematics. Continuing the Search.