Mathematics Education: Dynamics and Reflections from an International Perspective

Author: Zheng Yuxin
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: This book is a companion volume to the author's earlier work, Mathematics Education: From Theory to Practice, published in 2001. It primarily includes some newly completed papers since then. In addition to the ongoing hot topics such as mathematics curriculum reform, constructivism, and international comparative studies in mathematics education, this book also provides a comprehensive introduction to some emerging research directions in international mathematics education in recent years, such as the social turn in mathematics education, postmodernism and mathematics education, and mathematics education from a linguistic perspective. Moreover, whereas the previous work focused more closely on the close connection between theory and practical teaching activities, this new book more explicitly reflects the author's attention to international advancements in mathematics education—though this is not merely an introduction but rather emphasizes independent analysis and reflection from a theoretical perspective. Finally, this book reflects the author's constructive suggestions for the in-depth development of mathematics education, including the reasonable positioning of mathematics education research and the establishment of specialized primary school mathematics programs.