Amongst Mathematicians

• Main Author: Nardi, Elena (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Series: Mathematics Teacher Education ; 3
• Subjects: Education.; Mathematics.; Mathematics > Study and teaching.; Teaching.; Mathematics Education.; Mathematics, general.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Learning & Instruction.; Education, general.

Amongst Mathematicians offers a unique perspective on the ways in which mathematicians perceive their students' learning, teach and reflect on their teaching practice; also on how they perceive the often fragile relationship between the communities of mathematics and mathematics education. Elen...

Table of Contents:

• Background And Context
• Method, Process And Presentation
• The Encounter With Formal Mathematical Reasoning: Conceptualising Its Significance And Enacting Its Techniques
• Mediating Mathematical Meaning Through Symbolisation, Verbalisation and Visualisation
• The Encounter With the Concept Of Function
• The Encounter With the Concept Of Limit
• Undergraduate Mathematics Pedagogy
• Fragile, yet Crucial: The Relationship Between Mathematicians and Researchers in Mathematics Education.