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Humans-with-Media and the Reorganization of Mathematical Thinking

Information and Communication Technologies, Modeling, Visualization and Experimentation

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Authors:
  1. Marcelo C. Borba

    1. State University of San Paulo at Rio Claro, Brazil

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  2. Mónica E. Villarreal

    1. University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

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  • To our knowledge, there has been not book about computers in the last five years that approaches mathematics education issues from an epistemological level and that initiates a political discussion about the role of computers in mathematics education.
  • Both discussions are based on research examples

Part of the book series: Mathematics Education Library (MELI, volume 39)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Why Another Book about Technology and Mathematics Education?

    Pages 1-7

  3. Information Technology, Reorganization of Thinking and Humans-with-Media

    Pages 9-27

  4. Modeling as a Pedagogical Approach: Resonance with New Media

    Pages 29-61

  5. Experimental-with-Technology Approach: Resonance with Modeling and Multiple Representations

    Pages 63-78

  6. Visualization, Mathematics Education and Computer Environments

    Pages 79-99

  7. Modeling and Media in Action

    Pages 101-123

  8. Experimentation, Visualization and Media in Action

    Pages 125-167

  9. Mathematics and Mathematics Education On-Line

    Pages 169-185

  10. Methodology: An Interface between Epistemology and Procedures

    Pages 187-199

  11. Political Dimensions of Information and Communication Technology

    Pages 201-209

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 211-232
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About this book

As we enter into the 21"Century, the presence of technology, particularly techno-science, in everyday life is overwhelming. Institutions in the modem world are affected by this presence. Like Janus, the ancient Roman god whose double-faced head signified his knowledge of the present and the future, education has always been a two-faced enterprise. The past establishes goals and methods of Education, and the other face tries to capture the future and suggests and proposes new directions of thought and new styles of behavior for the generation which, in a few years, will take over both routines and societal innovation. History tells us that this face of Education has always been sensitive to emerging technologies. Technologies of communication and information have been particularly influential in new directions of society, in particular of education. The transition from orality to writing marked a new role for the teacher. From the sole repository of accumulated knowledge, the teacher became a guide and interpreter of registered knowledge. The emergence of hardware, in the form of documents and books, initiated a companionship between teacher and hardware. It is also remarkable how the emergence of writing strengthened individual memory, contrary to the concerns of Thamus when Theuth explained to him the discovery of writing. The conservative king was afraid that the new invention would implant forgetfulness in the souls of men.

Authors and Affiliations

  • State University of San Paulo at Rio Claro, Brazil

    Marcelo C. Borba

  • University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina

    Mónica E. Villarreal

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Humans-with-Media and the Reorganization of Mathematical Thinking

  • Book Subtitle: Information and Communication Technologies, Modeling, Visualization and Experimentation

  • Authors: Marcelo C. Borba, Mónica E. Villarreal

  • Series Title: Mathematics Education Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b105001

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-24263-7Published: 22 March 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-387-32821-8Published: 19 June 2006

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-24264-4Published: 25 July 2005

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4921

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-983X

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 232

  • Number of Illustrations: 42 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Mathematics Education, Educational Technology, Learning & Instruction

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