[en] Since 1958 a series of new reform programmes, known as “New Math
reform” tried to fundamentally deconstruct the mathematics education of schools in
the United States. This reform aimed to promote the “problem-solving” abilities in
students and was a means to modernise not just the school math education but also
the idea of why students should learn mathematics. Later, the reform project travelled
to Europe through the support of the OECD and some other international or
European organisation. This paper briefly reviews the process of the adaptation of
this reform project in Luxembourg during the 1960s and 1970s. The aim is to look at
how the ideological background about mathematics education, and in general
education, mattered in the preceding of this school reform.
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
Nadimi Amiri, Shaghayegh ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS)
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
When An Educational Ideology Travels: The Experience Of The New Math Reform In Luxembourg
Publication date :
April 2017
Event name :
Mathematics Education and Life at Times of Crisis
Event place :
Volos, Greece
Event date :
from 7-4-2017 to 12-4-2017
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Mathematics Education and Life at Times of Crisis
Publisher :
MES9, Volos, Greece
ISBN/EAN :
978-960-9439-49-7
Collection name :
Proceedings of the Ninth International Mathematics Education and Society Conference; 2
