Advances in mathematics education: new book series connected to ZDM—The International Journal on Mathematics Education

International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education

In this paper, we will outline some results of an NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics) funded project that aimed to establish a professional development network with an open-source mathematical software – GeoGebra – in England. During the past few years a large international user and developer community has formed around various GeoGebra-related activities. Most...

What ain’t mathematics education?!

Abstract: In 1996 at the first Iranian Mathematics Education Conference (IMEC1) that was held in Isfahan. I obliged myself as a mathematics educator, to inform the mathematics community at large by presenting a paper entitled “what is mathematics education?” to pave the way for the establishment of the master program of mathematics education in Iran. Now, after 16 years, we need to reflect on t...

Infinite Series from History to Mathematics Education

In this paper an example from the history of mathematics is presented and its educational utility is investigated, with reference to pupils aged 16-18 years. Students’ behaviour is examined: we conclude that historical examples are useful in order to improve teaching of infinite series; however their effectiveness must be verified by the teacher using experimental methods, and the primary impor...

Book review: Summing up mathematics teacher education

This review examines two recent collective publications that set out to survey and synthesise knowledge in the field of mathematics teacher education. Both allude to the timeliness of such an enterprise given the growth and institutionalisation of research in this field since the early to mid 1990s. They feature an extensive (and often overlapping) authorship drawn from active researchers in th...

Philosophy of Mathematics, Mathematics Education, and Philosophy of Mathematics Education