Rods, Sets and Arrows The Rise and Fall of Modern Mathematics in Belgium /

• Main Authors: De Bock, Dirk (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Vanpaemel, Geert (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: History of Mathematics Education,
• Subjects: Mathematics-Study and teaching .; Education-History.; Educational policy.; Education and state.; Mathematics Education.; History of Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.

For anyone interested in the history and effects of the introduction of so-called "Modern Mathematics" (or "Mathématique Moderne," or "New Mathematics," etc.) this book, by Dirk De Bock and Geert Vanpaemel, is essential reading. The two authors are experienced and high...

Table of Contents:

• Part I. From Intuitive Geometry Toward Modern Mathematics: Call for Educational Reform in the Aftermath of World War II
• Chapter 1. Reform Pedagogy and the Introduction of Intuitive Geometry in Secondary School Mathematics
• Chapter 2. Revival of International Collaboration in Mathematics Education During the 1950s
• Chapter 3. Search for National Identity: Willy Servais and the Belgian Society of Mathematics Teachers
• Chapter 4. From Royaumont to Athens: Belgian Reformers on the International Scene
• Part II. The Modern Mathematics Era
• Chapter 5. Preparing for the Introduction of Modern Mathematics into the Classroom: Experimentation and Teacher Training
• Chapter 6. Mathématique Moderne: A Pioneering Belgian Textbook Series Shaping the Modern Mathematics Reform of the 1960s
• Chapter 7. Modern Mathematics in Belgian Secondary and Primary Education: Between Radicalism and Pragmatism
• Part III. In Search of a New Balance
• Chapter 8. From Critique to Math War: A Divided Community of Belgian Mathematics Teachers
• Chapter 9. The Fall of Modern Mathematics in Flanders: From Structuralism to Eclecticism
• Chapter 10. A Joint Action to Reshape Mathematics Education in the French Community of Belgium.