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Connecting Mathematics and Mathematics Education

Collected Papers on Mathematics Education as a Design Science

by Erich Christian Wittmann

Connecting Mathematics and Mathematics Education

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This open book features a selection of articles written by Erich Ch. Wittmann between 1984 to 2019, which shows how the "design science conception" has been continuously developed over a number of decades. The articles not only describe this conception in general terms, but also demonstrate various substantial learning environments that serve as typical examples. In terms of teacher education, the book provides clear information on how to combine (well-understood) mathematics and methods courses to benefit of teachers.The role of mathematics in mathematics education is often explicitly and implicitly reduced to the delivery of subject matter that then has to be selected and made palpable for students using methods imported from psychology, sociology, educational research and related disciplines. While these fields have made significant contributions to mathematics education in recent decades, it cannot be ignored that mathematics itself, if well understood, provides essential knowledge for teaching mathematics beyond the pure delivery of subject matter. For this purpose, mathematics has to be conceived of as an organism that is deeply rooted in elementary operations of the human mind, which can be seamlessly developed to higher and higher levels so that the full richness of problems of various degrees of difficulty, and different means of representation, problem-solving strategies, and forms of proof can be used in ways that are appropriate for the respective level.This view of mathematics is essential for designing learning environments and curricula, for conducting empirical studies on truly mathematical processes and also for implementing the findings of mathematics education in teacher education, where it is crucial to take systemic constraints into account.

This open book is licensed under a Creative Commons License (CC BY). You can download Connecting Mathematics and Mathematics Education ebook for free in PDF format (14.2 MB).

Book Details

Title
Connecting Mathematics and Mathematics Education
Subject
Education and Teaching
Publisher
Springer
Published
2021
Pages
332
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13
9783030615697
ISBN10
3030615693
ISBN13 Digital
9783030615703
ISBN10 Digital
3030615707
PDF Size
14.2 MB
License
CC BY

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