The aims of teaching mathematics: mathematical literacy vs mathematical reasoning
Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, 2021 We discuss different alternatives of the content of school mathematics. According to the prevalent public opinion in Lithuania school mathematics can be oriented either to the academic mathematics or to the applications of mathematics.
Rimas Norvaiša
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Bringing forth mathematical concepts: signifying sensorimotor enactment in fields of promoted action [PDF]
, 2014 Inspired by Enactivist philosophy yet in dialog with it, we ask what theory of embodied cognition might best serve in articulating implications of Enactivism for mathematics education. We offer a blend of Dynamical Systems Theory and Sociocultural Theory
Abrahamson, D, Trninic, D
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Identifying adequate models in physico-mathematics: Descartes' analysis of the rainbow [PDF]
, 2013 The physico-mathematics that emerged at the beginning of the seventeenth century entailed the quantitative analysis of the physical nature with optics, meteorology and hydrostatics as its main subjects.
A Heeffer +8 more
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Rejecting Platonism: Recovering Humanity in Mathematics Education
Education Sciences, 2018 In this paper, I consider a pervasive myth in mathematics education, that of Plato-formalism. I show that this myth is ahistorical, acultural, and harmful, both for mathematics and for society.
Frederick A. Peck
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Bringing Together Mathematics and Philosophy with Logic and Poly-Universe
Education Sciences, 2023 In this paper we report on an activity developed in the context of the Erasmus+ PUNTE Project, using the Poly-Universe material, which led to the learning of logic and mathematics among the 10th grade students of a school in the central region of ...
Ana Paula Mouro +4 more
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Workshop on Beauty and Explanation in Mathematics [PDF]
, 2014 On March 10-12, 2014, Umeå University in Sweden will host a workshop on mathematical beauty and explanation. The goal of this workshop is explore the question of whether beauty and explanation are related in mathematics.
Raman-Sundström, Manya
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Why general education?: Peters, Hirst and history [PDF]
, 2009 Richard Peters argued for a general education based largely on the study of truth-seeking subjects for its own sake. His arguments have long been acknowledged as problematic. There are also difficulties with Paul Hirst's arguments for a liberal education,
Adamson +31 more
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Implementation of Mathematics Philosophy In Multicultural Education
Journal of Medives: Journal of Mathematics Education IKIP Veteran SemarangThe aim of this research is to explore the implementation of mathematical philosophy in multicultural education. The research method used is the library research method, namely by conducting studies related to multicultural education, philosophy of ...
Siti Salamah Br Ginting +2 more
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Bureaucracy or Innovation? Perspectives on History Subject Panels and the Professional Development of Teachers in Zimbabwe [PDF]
Journal of Studies in Social Sciences and Humanities, 2021 Teacher professional development has often been carried out by external experts as a once-off activity. This paper shifts from this traditional paradigm where teachers are recipients of external expert advice to one where they professionally develop ...
Godwin Mumhure, Email: mumhuregodwin@yahoo.com +2 more
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Philosophy of revitalising mathematics education in society: A historical discourse
PythagorasAs an academic discipline, mathematics is more than a set of computing mechanisms; it is argued by scholars that the quality of mathematics education is in decline today in human society.
Susmit Bagchi
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