On Mathematics Education and Culture: Critical Afterthoughts.

Chevallard, Yves

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Publication Date: 1990

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On Mathematics Education and Culture: Critical Afterthoughts.

Chevallard, Yves

Educational Studies in Mathematics, v21 n1 p3-27 Feb 1990

Reviewed is a book, "Mathematics Education and Culture," which was a special issue of this journal in 1988. Questioned are some of the current tenets about the meaning and significance of the concept "culture" for a theory of mathematics education. Calls for an open scientific debate, unfettered by moral and ideological prejudices and fashionable notions. (Author/YP)

Descriptors: Book Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, Culture, Literature Reviews, Mathematics, Mathematics Education

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Language: English

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