ABSTRACT
Currently there is a great deal of interest in philosophical issues in the teaching and learning of both mathematics and science education. In this book Ernest has collected together papers from the foremost researchers and practitioners in the philosophy of mathematics education and related areas, together with a selection of papers from the International Congress of Mathematics Education held in Quebec in 1992. Throughout, the outstanding feature of the collection is its multidisciplinary approach to the field of study. This book is the second in Paul Ernest's "Studies in Mathematics Education" series.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|3 pages
Reconceptualizing the Philosophy of Mathematics
part 2|3 pages
Post-modernist and Post-structuralist Approaches
chapter Chapter 9|19 pages
Discursive Saturation and School Mathematics Texts: A Strand from a Language of Description
chapter Chapter 10|12 pages
The Dominance of Structure in ‘Post-structural' Critiques of Mathematics Education
chapter Chapter 11|8 pages
Describing the Mathematics You Are Part Of: A Post-structuralist Account of Mathematical Learning
part 3|2 pages
The Human Face of Mathematics
chapter Chapter 14|11 pages
Different Ways of Knowing: Contrasting Styles of Argument in Indian and Greek Mathematical Traditions
part 4|3 pages
The Social Context of Mathematics and Education