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Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education

The State of the Art and Beyond

  • Is an open access
  • Reports on the latest developments in Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education
  • Discusses the implications of the work presented for practice, policy, and future research
  • Synthesizes actions taken in the field, so as to move the research forward

Part of the book series: ICME-13 Monographs (ICME13Mo)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Introduction to Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education

    • Brian Doig, Julian Williams
    Pages 1-6Open Access
  3. Conceptualising and Theorising Interdisciplinarity in Research, Policy and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
    2. Introduction

      • Julian Williams
      Pages 9-12Open Access
    3. Theoretical Perspectives on Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education

      • Julian Williams, Wolff-Michael Roth
      Pages 13-34Open Access
    4. Challenges and Opportunities for a STEM Interdisciplinary Agenda

      • Russell Tytler, Gaye Williams, Linda Hobbs, Judy Anderson
      Pages 51-81Open Access
  4. Focus on Cross-Cutting Skills: A Glass Half-Full?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
    2. Introduction: A Glass Half Full?

      • Pat Drake
      Pages 85-91Open Access
    3. Developing Mathematical Reasoning Using a STEM Platform

      • Andrzej Sokolowski
      Pages 93-111Open Access
    4. Modelling and Programming of Digital Video: A Source for the Integration of Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology

      • Carlos A. LópezLeiva, Marios S. Pattichis, Sylvia Celedón-Pattichis
      Pages 135-153Open Access
  5. Case Studies in Inter-Disciplinarity: Mathematics as Tool and Mathematics as (Conscious) Generalisation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155
    2. Introduction

      • David Swanson
      Pages 157-165Open Access
    3. Mathematics in an Interdisciplinary STEM Course (NLT) in The Netherlands

      • Nelleke den Braber, Jenneke Krüger, Marco Mazereeuw, Wilmad Kuiper
      Pages 167-183Open Access
    4. Maths Adds up

      • Maite Gorriz, Santi Vilches
      Pages 185-208Open Access
    5. The Successful Students STEM Project: A Medium Scale Case Study

      • Linda Hobbs, Brian Doig, Barry Plant
      Pages 209-227Open Access
    6. “Draw What You See” Transcending the Mathematics Classroom

      • Signe E. Kastberg, Rachel Long, Kathleen Lynch-Davis, Beatriz S. D’Ambrosio
      Pages 229-244Open Access
    7. Inter-disciplinary Mathematics: Old Wine in New Bottles?

      • Brian Doig, Wendy Jobling
      Pages 245-255Open Access
  6. Teacher Education and Teacher Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257

About this book

This open access book is the first major publication on the topic of “Interdisciplinary Mathematics Education” and arose from the work of the first International Topic Study Group of the same name at the ICME-13 conference in Hamburg in 2016. It offers extensive theoretical insights, empirical research, and practitioner accounts of interdisciplinary mathematics work in STEM and beyond (e.g. in music and the arts). 

Scholars and practitioners from four continents contributed to this comprehensive book, and present studies on: the conceptualizations of interdisciplinarity; implementation cases at schools and tertiary institutions; teacher education; and implications for policy and practice. Each chapter, and the book itself, closes with an assessment of the most significant aspects that those involved in policy and practice, as well as future researchers, should take into account. 



Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Arts and Education, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia

    Brian Doig

  • Ellen Wilkinson Building, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    Julian Williams

  • Manchester Institute of Education, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    David Swanson

  • Institut für Mathematik, Universität Kassel, Kassel, Germany

    Rita Borromeo Ferri

  • Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

    Pat Drake

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Hardcover Book USD 59.99
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