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Over the past quarter century mathematics education has become established world-wide as a major independent area of knowledge and research. The field now has numerous dedicated journals, book series and conferences serving national and international communities of scholars. Many countries offer specialist master’s and doctoral programs of study in mathematics education, and new entrants often receive their postgraduate education within the field itself. Given this coming of age, as we approach the 21st century it is appropriate to engage in a period of critical reflection and self-scrutiny. Thus the present volume embodying the ICMI-sponsored inquiry into the nature of research in mathematics education and its products provides a welcome opportunity for our field to take stock of itself, and its outcomes and effects.
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Ernest, P. (1998). A Postmodern Perspective on Research in Mathematics Education. In: Sierpinska, A., Kilpatrick, J. (eds) Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity. New ICMI Studies Series, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5194-8_5
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