" Since knowing produces knowledge, and not the other way around, this book shows how
everyone can be a producer rather than a consumer of mathematical knowledge …

During these last years, the history of mathematics has been increasingly used for teaching
purposes. One of the very well-known ways of doing so is to relate historical anecdotes to …

The radical constructivist assertion that the student constructs his or her own knowledge as
opposed to receiving it “ready made” echoes the classical debate as to whether the human …

Strong support among researchers in mathematics education is given to the" constructivist"
paradigm for mathematics learning emphasising the role of language in the construction of …

Mathematics is generally considered as the only science where knowledge is uni form,
universal, and free from contradictions.„Mathematics is a social product-a'net of norms', as …

For the academic linguist and educational sociologist, the language of mathematics
fascinates. It is a language unlike any other: an amalgam of symbols and images with …

This book is centrally concerned with how mathematics education is represented and how
we understand mathematical teaching and learning with view to changing them. It considers …

Abstract Mathematics education research must enable adjustment to new conditions. Yet
such research is often conducted within familiar conceptualisations of teaching, of learning …

(Burton, 1995) that used the critical literature in the philosophy, history and sociology of
scientific ideas (for example, Bloor, 1991; Davis and Hersh, 1983; Ernest, 1991; Harding …

In this article, I take a critical look at some popular ideas about teaching mathematics, which
are forcefully promoted worldwide by the reform movement. The issue in focus is the nature …