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D'Ambrosio, Ubiratan – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1997
Shares perspectives on the history and current status of ethnomathematics. Speculates as to whether this field is revisionist and discusses the features of ethnomathematics that distinguish it from mathematics. (DDR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Ethnomathematics, Knowledge Representation
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Brown, Stephen I. – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1997
Proposes that the adoption of the notion that students should be taught so that they think like mathematicians leads to a number of enticing questions but ignores some important educational issues. Argues that a new course must be charted for mathematics education. (DDR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology
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Nesher, Pearla – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1997
Raises a number of questions about knowledge generation from mathematics education and the nature of pedagogical information in the field. Considers two main activities within the realm of mathematics education: (1) pursuing investigations to improve instruction and (2) redefining the boundaries of mathematics as a subject. (DDR)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Higher Education