The 21st Century Mathematics Education in China

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. A General Introduction of Chinese Mathematics Education

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Mathematics Education of Chinese Communities from the Perspective of International Studies of Mathematics Achievement

      • Frederick K. S. Leung

      Pages 3-26

   3. Chinese Mathematics Education System and Mathematics Education Tradition

      • Dai Qin

      Pages 27-52

   4. Chinese Mathematics Curriculum Reform in the Twenty-First Century

      • Lidong Wang, Qimeng Liu, Xiaofeng Du, Jian Liu

      Pages 53-72

   5. Education Equity in China: An Analysis of Local and Migrant Students’ Mathematics Learning in Shanghai

      • Yan Zhu

      Pages 73-91

   6. Shadow Education of Mathematics in China

      • Lidong Wang, Kan Guo

      Pages 93-103

3. Mathematical Curriculum and Textbook

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Developments and Changes in the Primary School Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching Material in China

      • Beibei Ye

      Pages 107-125

   3. The Development of Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching Materials in Secondary Schools in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century

      • Shi-hu Lv, Chun-yan Cao

      Pages 127-145

   4. The Evolution of Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching Materials in Secondary Schools in the Twenty-First Century

      • Shi-hu Lv, Chunyan Cao

      Pages 147-169

   5. Features and Characteristics of Chinese New Century Mathematics Textbooks

      • Haidong Li, Na Li

      Pages 171-192

4. Mathematical Classroom Instruction

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 193-193

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   2. A Study of Mathematics Classroom Teaching in China: Looking at Lesson Structure, Teaching and Learning Behavior

      • Yiming Cao, Lianchun Dong, Xinlian Li

      Pages 195-222

   3. Task Design in Mathematics Classrooms

      • Zhenhong Shao

      Pages 223-237

   4. The Design and Implementation of the Mathematics Teaching Goal

      • Dianshun Hu, Ke Ye, Jing Wang

      Pages 239-257

   5. Integration of Information Technology (IT) and the Mathematics Curriculum

      • Nan Zhang, Rui Yang, Yanyun Liu, Jiushi Zhou, Guangming Wang

      Pages 259-278

   6. Chinese Mathematics Teaching Methods Reform in the 21st Century

      • L. Wu, J. Zhou, G. Wang

      Pages 279-289

5. Mathematical Learning

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 291-291

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   2. A Case Study of Transformation of Students with Mathematics Learning Difficulties

      • Yufeng Guo, Guowen Yu

      Pages 293-315

This book intends to provide a comprehensive introduction to the status of development of Chinese mathematics education in the 21st century. To this end, the book summarizes and presents the research and practices of Chinese mathematics education in the following aspects: (1) characteristics of Chinese school mathematics curriculum and textbooks, (2) Chinese ways and strategies of teaching mathematics and the characteristics of mathematics classroom instruction in China, (3) Chinese instructional practices in developing (both gifted and underachieving) students’ mathematical capabilities, (4) how  professional development of mathematics teachers is promoted in China, including mathematics teachers’ pre-service and in-service education, and how Chinese mathematics teachers design and implement teaching and research activities, and (5) how  mathematics education is assessed and evaluated, including how to evaluate teachers’ teaching and students’ achievements. Relevant research in Chinese mathematics education involving methods of surveys, interviews, text analysis, etc., are reviewed and analyzed. Results of a number of video studies of Chinese mathematics classroom teaching and learning are also integrated into this book.

• China
• Classroom Instruction
• Curriculum and Textbooks
• Mathematics Education
• Teachers professional development
• Twenty-first Century

• Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

  Yiming Cao

• Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

  Frederick K.S. Leung

Yiming Cao is a professor of Mathematics Education in the School of Mathematical Science at Beijing Normal University, China. He is the deputy director of Basic Education Commission of Chinese Mathematical Society and the chair of Chinese Association of Mathematics Education. His research areas include mathematics curriculum and teaching, the history of mathematics and teacher education. He has published more than 100 papers in the academic journals and more than 30 books in these areas. And he undertaken several international cooperation project and key projects of national level. Furthermore, he is a member of the editorial board of Journal of Mathematics Education in America and the associate editor of Journal of Mathematics Education in China. Besides, he was invited as visiting research fellow and gave lectures in many countries, such as Australia, Japan, Brazil, America, Malaysia and so on. He was invited to present reports on the 11th International Congress on Mathematics Education and the 34th International Congress on Psychology of Mathematics Education etc. which were the significant international academic conference. And he was in charge of organizing the 14th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics.

Frederick Koon-Shing Leung is Chair Professor and Kintoy Professor in Mathematics Education at the University of Hong Kong, and was Dean of the Faculty between 1996 and 2002. Professor Leung’s major research interests are in the comparison of mathematics education in different countries, and in the influence of different cultures on teaching and learning. He is principal investigator of a number of major research projects, including the Hong Kong component of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), the TIMSS Video Study, and the Learner’s Perspective Study (LPS). Professor Leung is one of the editors for the Second and Third International Handbooks on Mathematics Education published by Springer, a member of the editorial boards for a number of major journals in mathematics education, and was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) between 2003 and 2009. He was appointed a Senior Fulbright Scholar in 2003, and was awarded the Hans Freudenthal Medal for 2013 by ICMI. He was named a Changjiang Scholar by the Ministry of Education, China in 2014, he received the World Outstanding Chinese Award in 2015, and was awarded a Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017. He is also an honorary professor of Beijing Normal University, Southwest University and Zhejiang Normal University in China.

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