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From the Local to the International in Mathematics Education

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This chapter is devoted to a historical overview of the process of ­internationalization in mathematics education. The development of mathematics education is analyzed as a part of social history, and therefore the discussion ­inevitably touches on history and even politics. The concepts “international,” “internationalization,” and “globalization” themselves may be understood in different ways, and this is also discussed in the chapter. The chapter sequentially, albeit very briefly, analyzes various stages of the development of international collaboration, wherever possible identifying similar processes in the development of mathematics education in different regions that have facilitated such collaboration. The problem of the growth of scholarly articles from different regions is examined, as is the appearance and development of various international conferences and organizations of mathematics educators. The chapter also considers criticisms of internationalization as well as its limits.

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Notes

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    This and later translations from Russian in this chapter are by the present author.

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    On that matter it is pertinent to reflect on Leo Tolstoy’s description of Natasha Rostova, one of the characters in War and Peace, who presumably had been educated in an education system that was incomparably more similar to foreign education systems than what we observe today, even given all the communication across nations: “Where, how, when had she—this little countess, educated by an émigrée French governess—imbibed from the Russian air she breathed that spirit and obtained these mannerisms, which the pas de chale was supposed to have supplanted long ago? But the spirit and the mannerisms were the very same ones, inimitable, unlearned, Russian” (Tolstoy, 1980, p. 277).

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Karp, A. (2012). From the Local to the International in Mathematics Education. In: Clements, M., Bishop, A., Keitel, C., Kilpatrick, J., Leung, F. (eds) Third International Handbook of Mathematics Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 27. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4684-2_25

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