Description
| Product ID: | 9781138994904 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Philosophy of Mathematics Education |
| Authors: | Author: Paul Ernest |
| Page Count: | 344 |
| Subjects: | Education, Education |
| Description: | First published in 1991. What is mathematics, and how can we account for its nature? What philosophies of mathematics have been developed? What philosophical assumptions, possibly implicit, underpin the learning of mathematics? What are the aims of mathematics education and are they valid? What philosophical assumptions, possibly implicit, does mathematics teaching rest on? This study looks at these questions on the philosophy of mathematics. First published in 1991. What is mathematics, and how can we account for its nature? What philosophies of mathematics have been developed? What philosophical assumptions, possibly implicit, underpin the learning of mathematics? What are the aims of mathematics education and are they valid? What philosophical assumptions, possibly implicit, does mathematics teaching rest on? This study looks at these questions on the philosophy of mathematics. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-07-18 |
