Internationalisation and globalisation in mathematics and science education
[Book]
/ edited by Bill Atweh ... [et al.]
Dordrecht
: Springer,
, c2007.
xxvii, 542 p. , ill. , 24 cm.
Electronic
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Sect. 1: Theoretical perspectives -- Mathematical literacy and globalisation / Ole Skovsmose -- Epistemological issues in the internationalization and globalization of mathematics education / Paul Ernest -- All around the world: science education, constructivism, and globalization / Noel Gough -- Geophilosophy, rhizomes and mosquitoes: becoming nomadic in global science education research / Noel Gough -- Science education and contemporary times: finding our way through the challenges / Lyn Carter -- Social (in)justice and international collaborations in mathematics education / Bill Atweh and Christine Keitel -- Globalisation, ethics and mathematics education / Jim Neyland -- The politics and practices of equity, (e)quality and globalisation in science education: epriences from both sides of the Indian Ocean / Annette Gough -- Sect. 2: Issues in globalisation and internationalization -- Context or culture: can TIMSS and Pisa teach us about what determines educational achievement in science? / Peter Fensham -- Quixote's science: public heresy/private apostasy / Paul Dowling -- The potentialities of (ethno) mathematics education: an interview with Ubiratan D'ambrosio / Ubiratan D'Ambrosio and Maria do Carmo Domite -- Ethnomathematics in the global episteme: quo Vadis? / Ferdinand Rivera and Joanne Rossi Becker -- POP: a study of the ethnomathematics of globalization using the sacred Mayan mat pattern / Milton Rosa and Daniel Clark Orey -- Internationalisation as an orientation for learning and teaching in mathematics / Anna Reid and Peter Petocz -- Contributions from cross-national comparative studies to the internationalization of mathematics education: studies of Chinese and U.S. classrooms / Jinfa Cai and Frank Lester -- International professional development as a form of globalisation / Hedy Moscovici and Gary Varrella -- Doing surveys in different cultures: difficulties and differences - a case from China and Australia / Zhongjun Cao, Helen Forgasz and Alan Bishop -- The benefits and challenges for social justice in international exchanges in mathematics and science education / Catherine Vistro-Yu and Kathryn Irwin -- Globalisation, technology, and the adult learner of mathematics / Gail FitzSimons -- Sect. 3: Perspectives from different countries -- Balancing globalisation and local identity in the reform of education in Romania / Mihaela Singer -- Voices from the south: dialogical relationships and collaboration in mathematics education / M?nica Villarreal, Marcelo C. Borba and Cristina Esteley -- Globalization and its effects in mathematics and science education in Mexico: implications and challenges for diverse populations / Edith Cisneros-Cohernour ... [et al.] -- In between the global and the local: the politics of mathematics education reform in a globalized society / Paola Valero -- Singapore and Brunei Darussalam: internationalisation and globalisation through practices and a bilateral mathematics study / Khoon Yoong Wong ... [et al.] -- Lesson study (jyugyo kenkyu) from Japan to South Africa: a science and mathematics intervention program for secondary school teachers / Loyiso Jita, Jacobus Maree, and Thembi Ndlalane -- The post-Mao junior secondary school chemistry curriculum in the People's Republic of China: a case study in the internationalization of science education / Bing Wei and Gregory Thomas -- Globalisation/localisation in mathematics education: perception, realism and outcomes of an Australian presence in Asia / Beth Southwell, Oudone Phanalasy and Michael Singh.