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 Brazil Egypt France India Japan Kenya Sweden USA
Mathematics Education Around the World:
Bridging Policy and Practice
Reflections from the 2001 IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute International Panel on Policy and Practice in Mathematics Education
19 - 23 July 2001
Institute for Advanced Study
Joan Ferrini-Mundy, Gail Burrill, Glenda Breaux (Editors)
This report is the product of an international seminar on mathematics education held at the IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute on 19-23 July 2001 at Park City, Utah, under the auspices of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.
View the file online using the links from the Table of Contents or download the report in its entirety: MS Word file.
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgements
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page 3
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Introduction
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page 5
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Issue 1: National Curriculum, Standards, and Teaching Practice
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page 10
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Issue 2: Teacher Education Process and Teacher Practice
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page 26
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Issue 3: Content in the Mathematics Curriculum
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page 35
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Issue 4: Tradition and Reform in Mathematics Education
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page 47
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Issue 5: Depth and Breadth in the Mathematics Curriculum
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page 56
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Issue 6: Excellence and Access
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page 68
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Issue 7: Math Education as a Profession
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page 91
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Appendix A Agenda
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page 99
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Appendix B Participants
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page 102
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Appendix C Background Materials
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page 104
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Appendix D Regulation of the French Educational System for Mathematics
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page 105
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Appendix E Four Case Studies from India
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page 112
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Appendix F Balance of Power and Inputs in the Swedish System
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page 117
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