PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION JOURNAL 12 (1999)

PoME journal 12, November 1999 ISBN No. 0 85068 195 2 Editor: Paul Ernest.

 

CONTENTS OF THE ISSUE

Title of article

Author

EPISTEMOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND PEDAGOGY OF MATHEMATICS Leone Burton
IS MATHEMATICS DISCOVERED OR INVENTED? Paul Ernest
THE IMPORTANCE, EMPOWERMENT, AND TRANSFORMATION OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS Patricia B. Cerrito
TEACHERS AS RESEARCHERS: THE BEAR PROBLEM Thomas C. O’Brien and colleagues
WRITING IN PRIMARY MATHEMATICS – EXPLAIN ‘WHY?’ Bill Rawson and Christine Mitchell
THE POSITION OF DIDACTICS OF MATHEMATICS IN THE TRAINING OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS Marie Kubínová
THE NECESSITY OF DIVERSITY Tony Cotton
WHAT IS SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION? Paul Ernest
USING METAPHOR ANALYSIS TO EXPLORE ADULTS’ IMAGES OF MATHEMATICS Lim Chap Sam
PICTORIAL REPRESENTATION AS A MEANS OF GRASPING WORD PROBLEM STRUCTURES Jarmila Novotná
THE STRUCTURE OF TRIADS AND PILOT EXPERIMENTS Jana Kratochvílová
THE NEED FOR DIVERSITY TO IMPROVE UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN DEPARTMENTS OF MATHEMATICS: THE PROBLEM OF STATISTICS AND APPLICATIONS Patricia B. Cerrito
THE AHA PROBLEMS Carlos Bertha
MATHEMATICS TEACHING EVENT THAT CHANGED MY BELIEF Allan Brown
MATHEMATICS TEACHING IS DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION Colin Hannaford
NEWS: RADICAL CONSTRUCTIVIST NEWSLETTER  

There have been Counter visits to this journal since 8th December 1999

 

Aim of the Journal

The aim of this journal is to foster awareness of philosophical aspects of mathematics education and mathematics, understood broadly to include most kinds of theoretical reflection; to freely disseminate new thinking in these areas to interested persons; to encourage informal communication, dialogue and international co-operation between teachers, scholars and others engaged in such research and reflections.

 

Editorial policy.

In keeping with the aims of the journal the editorial hand is used very lightly. This is an international unrefereed journal which aims to stimulate the sharing of ideas for no other reason than an interest in the ideas and love of discussion among its contributors and readers. If a contribution has some relevance to the broad areas of interest concerned, and contains some features of value it will be included; and these criteria are used very liberally.

Please send any items for inclusion to the editor including an electronic copy on disc or E-mail. Word for Windows versions 6, 95, 97 and HTML files preferred, but most word processing formats can be accommodated. Most items are welcome include papers, short contributions, letters, discussions, provocations, reactions, half-baked ideas, notices of relevant research groups, conferences or publications, reviews of books and papers, or even books or papers for review. Diagrams, figures and other inserted items are not always easy to accommodate and can use up a great deal of web space, so please use these economically in submissions.

 

Copyright Notice.

All materials published herein remain copyright of the named author, or editor if unattributed. Permission is given to freely copy this journal’s contents on a not-for-profit basis, provided any reproduction preserves the integrity of each article as a whole, apart from extracted quotes, and full credit is given to the author and the journal in each case. Webmasters are welcome to mirror the site.

 

Theme.

There is no overall theme to this issue. There are philosophical reflections on mathematics, and reports of mathematics education reflections and research. Although largely Euro- and Anglo-centric, the issue has a better representation of Eastern European authors than previously.

 

Acknowledgements.

The journal is made possible by the generous support of University of Exeter. Special thanks go to Mrs. Pam Rosenthall, Mathematics Technician at the School of Education for technical assistance in publishing this journal on the web.

Any opinions expressed here are personal to the author(s) and not the responsibility of the University of Exeter.

 

The Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal editor is Paul Ernest, University of Exeter, School of Education, Exeter EX1 2LU, U.K. Phone: (+)44-1392-264857, Fax: (+)44-1392-264736, E-mail: PErnest@ex.ac.uk, and homepage http://www.ex.ac.uk/~PErnest/, where this and previous issues of the journal are located.