Mathematisation and demathematisation : : social, philosophical and educational ramifications / / edited by Uwe Gellert and Eva Jablonka.

In this volume scholars from diverse strands of research have contributed their perspectives on a process of mathematisation, which renders social, economical or political relationships increasingly formal. At the same time, mathematical skills lose their importance as they become replaced by divers...

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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2007]
2007
Year of Publication:2007
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Uwe Gellert and Eva Jablonka
  • Mathematisation – Demathematisation / Eva Jablonka and Uwe Gellert
  • The Material Culture of Calculation / Peter Damerow
  • Implicit Mathematics / Yves Chevallard
  • Technology, Mathematics and Consciousness of Society / Roland Fischer
  • Students’ Foregrounds and the Politics of Learning Obstacles / Ole Skovsmose
  • The “Uncivilised” Scientist / Renuka Vithal
  • Dividing the Kingdom / Cliff Malcolm
  • Values in Mathematics and Science Education / Alan J. Bishop
  • Some Explorations into Inhibitors and Facilitators in Learning Mathematics / Afzal Ahmed
  • Developing Common Sense in Teaching Mathematics / Jeremy Kilpatrick
  • International Interactions in Mathematics Education / Bill Atweh
  • The Media and Mathematics Look at Each Other / Philip J. Davis
  • Acknowledgements / Uwe Gellert and Eva Jablonka
  • Name Index / Uwe Gellert and Eva Jablonka
  • Subject Index / Uwe Gellert and Eva Jablonka.