National Reflections on the Netherlands Didactics of Mathematics: Teaching and Learning in the Context of Realistic Mathematics Education [Hardcover]

This open access book, inspired by the ICME 13 Thematic Afternoon on European Didactic Traditions, consists of 17 chapters, in which educators from the Netherlands reflect on the teaching and learning of mathematics in their country and the role of the Dutch domain-specific instruction theory of Realistic Mathematics Education.

Written by mathematics teachers, mathematics teacher educators, school advisors, and developers and researchers in the field of instructional material, textbooks, and examinations, the book offers a multitude of perspectives on important issues in Dutch mathematics education, both at primary and secondary school levels. Topics addressed include the theoretical underpinnings of the Dutch approach, the subject of mathematics in the Dutch educational system, teacher education and testing, the history of mathematics education and the use of history in teaching of mathematics, changes over time in subject matter domains and in the use of technology,and the process of innovation and how the Dutch and in particular one Dutch institute have worked on the reform. 

1. The spotlight on mathematics education in the Netherlands and the central role of Realistic Mathematics Education; Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen.- 2. Mathematics for teams  Developing thinking skills in mathematics education; Monica Wijers, D?d? de Haan.- 3. Task contexts in Dutch mathematics education; Pauline Vos.- 4. Mathematics and common sense  The Dutch School; Rijkje Dekker.-  5. Dutch mathematicians and mathematics education  A problematic relationship; Harm Jan Smid.- 6. Dutch didactical approaches in primary school mathematics as reflected in two centuries of textbooks; Adri Treffers, Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen.- 7. Sixteenth century recl3.