Theory and Practice - A History of Two Centuries of Dutch Mathematics Education (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)

This book describes and analyses the history of Dutch mathematics education from the point of view of the changing motivations behind the teaching of mathematics over a 200 year period. During the course of the 19th century, mathematics in the Netherlands developed from a topic for practitioners into a school topic that was taught to almost all pupils of secondary education. As mathematics teaching gradually lost its practical orientation and became more and more motivated on the basis of its supposed formative value, the HBS (Hogere Burgerschool), the Dutch variant of the German Realschule, became the dominant school of thought for mathematics pedagogy. This book examines the gradual development of the field, culminating in the country-wide adoption of Realistic Mathematics Education as the new method of mathematics teaching. This book is important for anyone who is interested in the history of mathematics education. It provides an interesting perspective on the development of mathematics education in a country that, in many aspects, went its own way.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	International Studies in the History of Mathematics and its Teaching
Release date:	December 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Harm Jan Smid
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	313
Edition:	1st ed. 2022
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-121872-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
LSN:	3-03-121872-8
Barcode:	9783031218729

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