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Teaching Teachers, Teaching Students

Reflections on Mathematical Education

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  • © 1981

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Editors:
  1. Lynn Arthur Steen

    1. Department of Mathematics, St. Olaf College, Northfield, USA

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  2. Donald J. Albers

    1. Mathematics Department, Menlo College, Menlo Park, USA

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Profiles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Henry Pollak

      • Lynn Arthur Steen, Donald J. Albers
      Pages 3-5

    3. Hans Freudenthal

      • Lynn Arthur Steen, Donald J. Albers
      Pages 6-9

    4. Hermina Sinclair

      • Lynn Arthur Steen, Donald J. Albers
      Pages 9-12

    5. Seymour Papert

      • Lynn Arthur Steen, Donald J. Albers
      Pages 12-15

    6. Hua Loo-Keng

      • Lynn Arthur Steen, Donald J. Albers
      Pages 16-18

  4. Features

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. George Pólya

      • Lynn Arthur Steen, Donald J. Albers
      Pages 71-76

    3. Minicourses

      • Lynn Arthur Steen, Donald J. Albers
      Pages 77-85

    4. Round and Round at the Round Table

      • Lynn Arthur Steen, Donald J. Albers
      Pages 86-92

    5. Historical Perspective

      • Leon Henkin
      Pages 93-95

  5. Reports

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Geometry under Siege

      • Donald J. Albers
      Pages 99-106

    3. Language and Mathematics

      • Anthony Barcellos
      Pages 107-111
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About this book

Mathematics education is one of the most important but least understood subjects of our age. As science and technology move the world from the age of machines to the age of computers, basic education in the language of science, technology and computers takes on increased importance. In both developed and developing nations, more people than ever before are seeking edu­ cation in mathematics. Yet there are numerous signs that world-wide mathematics education is of very uneven quality, not attuned to the needs of contemporary society: declining scores on standardized examS7 diminishing number of certified mathematics teach­ erS7 public outcry at failures of the "new math"7 professional concern with problem solving and applications of mathematics7 uncertainty about the relation of computers and calculators to mathematics instruction. It was in this context of rising expectations and mounting problems that over 2000 mathematicians and mathematics teachers from ar. ound the world gathered in August, 1980, at the University of California in Berke­ ley, California, for the Fourth International Congress of Mathematical Education CIeME IV).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, St. Olaf College, Northfield, USA

    Lynn Arthur Steen

  • Mathematics Department, Menlo College, Menlo Park, USA

    Donald J. Albers

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Teaching Teachers, Teaching Students

  • Book Subtitle: Reflections on Mathematical Education

  • Editors: Lynn Arthur Steen, Donald J. Albers

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0427-0

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston, MA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-8176-3043-0Published: 01 January 1981

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0427-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 136

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mathematics Education

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