Perspectives on the Teaching of Geometry for the 21st Century: An ICMI Study (1998) (New ICMI Study Series #5)

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Synopsis
In recent years geometry seems to have lost large parts of its former central position in mathematics teaching in most countries. However, new trends have begun to counteract this tendency. There is an increasing awareness that geometry plays a key role in mathematics and learning mathematics. Although geometry has been eclipsed in the mathematics curriculum, research in geometry has blossomed as new ideas have arisen from inside mathematics and other disciplines, including computer science. Due to reassessment of the role of geometry, mathematics educators and mathematicians face new challenges. In the present ICMI study, the whole spectrum of teaching and learning of geometry is analysed. Experts from all over the world took part in this study, which was conducted on the basis of recent international research, case studies, and reports on actual school practice. This book will be of particular interest to mathematics educators and mathematicians who are involved in the teaching of geometry at all educational levels, as well as to researchers in mathematics education.
Copyright:
1998

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9789401152266
Related ISBNs:
9780792349907
Publisher:
Springer Netherlands
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Copyrighted By:
Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Education, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
C. Mammana
Edited by:
V. Villani

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