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The Politics of Mathematics Education (Hardcover, 1987 ed.)
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The Politics of Mathematics Education (Hardcover, 1987 ed.)
Series: Mathematics Education Library, 4
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The development of knowledge is never easy. One doesn't want to go
over old ground again, but yet one needs to establish the new in
the context of the old. One is also anxious about the novelty of
the ideas are they new enough, or are they too 'way out' to be
acceptable? In some fields perhaps these criteria are less
important than in others. In education, I sense that 'novelty' is a
tricky criterion, varying in value from society to society. In some
societies the new ideas have to justify their adoption in the face
to the old, tried and tested ideas. (Better the devil you know than
the devil you don't!) In other societies the old ways have to
justify their continuation in the face of the new, promising and
exciting ideas. (I can't find a good proverb for this! Perhaps
proverbs are all about preserving the past?) In any case, some
people will argue, there is nothing new to be said about education
anyway the problems are the same and it is only the context which
changes. Mellin Olsen develops the reader's knowledge through this
book in ways that are both novel and challenging. Their novelty is
not in question, judging by reactions to them which vary from "they
have nothing to do with mathematics education" to "they concern
everything that is done in mathematics education".
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