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The politics of mathematics education

Paperback • 1987 • English

The politics of mathematics education

By Stieg Mellin-Olsen

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About the book

The development of knowledge is never easy. One doesn't want to go over old ground again, but yet one needs to establish the new in the context of the old. One is also anxious about the novelty of the ideas are they new enough, or are they too 'way out' to be acceptable? In some fields perhaps these criteria are less important than in others. In education, I sense that 'novelty' is a tricky criterion, varying in value from society to society. In some societies the new ideas have to justify their...Show more

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9789027723505

Publisher

Dordrecht : Reidel

Published year

1987

Language

English

Original title

The politics of mathematics education

Format

Paperback

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