School Mathematics in the 1990s [Paperback]

This 1987 study, based upon an international symposium held in Kuwait in February, 1986, seeks to identify key issues and basic questions within mathematics education.This study, based upon an international symposium held in Kuwait in February, 1986, seeks to identify key issues and basic questions within mathematics education, to propose and comment upon alternative strategies, and to provide a stimulus for more detailed, less general discussions, within more limited geographical and social contexts.This study, based upon an international symposium held in Kuwait in February, 1986, seeks to identify key issues and basic questions within mathematics education, to propose and comment upon alternative strategies, and to provide a stimulus for more detailed, less general discussions, within more limited geographical and social contexts.This 1987 study seeks to identify key issues and basic questions within mathematics education, to propose and comment upon alternative strategies, and to provide a stimulus for more detailed, less general discussions, within more limited geographical and social contexts. The text is based upon an international symposium held in Kuwait in February, 1986 and attended by selected mathematics educators drawn from all parts of the world.Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Mathematics in a technological society; 2. Mathematics and general educational goals; 3. The place and aims of mathematics in schools; 4. The content of the school mathematics curriculum; 5. On particular content issues; 6. Classrooms and teachers in the 1990s; 7. Research; 8. The processes of changes; 9. The way ahead; Bibliography.