This Open Access volume by the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) is an outcome of the ICMI Study 24 and gives a status-quo of school mathematics reform around the world and what we can learn from this movement. Each theme and section of the book offers descriptions and analyses of multiple case studies in different countries and contexts, along with opportunities to compare, contrast and learn from these diverse experiences.
The volume provides a synthesis and meta-analysis of the different historical, geographical and global aspects of school mathematics reforms and explores in which way curricula are elaborated, proposed, changed, and reorganized. It offers a more informed and comprehensive analysis of the roles of different actors and of the many aspects influencing and shaping mathematics curriculum reforms that are taking or have taken place. It also explores the possibilities and means to tackle a curricular reform in the current scenario we livein and how to unfold future developments.
This book will be of interest to practitioners and scholars with an interest in school mathematics curriculum reforms. It will also be a useful resource to those involved in school mathematics curriculum reform initiatives by providing current information about the curriculum changes that are taking place in respect of content, teacher education, educational materials, and a range of implementation challenges across diverse contexts.
Foreword: Frederick Leung.- International Program Committee.- Part I:
Introduction to ICMI Study 24: 1: School Mathematics Curriculum Reforms:
Widespread Practice but Under-researched in Mathematics Education: Yoshinori
Shimizu and Renuka Vithal.- 2: School Mathematics: A Bipolar Subject: Jeremy
Kilpatrick.- Part II: Theme A - Learning from the Past: Driving Forces and
Barriers Shaping Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: 3: Introduction: Marianna
Bosch and Niamh OMeara.- 4: International Co-operation and Influential
Reforms: Katalin Gosztonyi, Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Naomichi Makinae,
Shizumi Shimizu and Marc van Zanten.- 5: Learning from the Past: Case Studies
of Past Local Curriculum Reforms: Niamh OMeara and Jasmina Milinkovic.- 6:
The Role of Values and Culture in Past Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: Maria
Bartolini Bussi, Jasmina Milinkovic and Zahra Gooya.- 7: Curriculum Reforms
and the Construction of the Knowledge to be Taught: Marianna Bosch,
Thu-HuongVu-Nhu and Dyana Wijayanti.- 8: Conclusion: Final Considerations:
Driving Forces and Barriers Affecting Curriculum Reforms: Marianna Bosch and
Niamh OMeara.- Part III: Theme B Analysing School Mathematics Curriculum
Reforms for Coherence and Relevance: 9: Introduction: Will Morony.- 10:
Coherence in a Range of Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: Will Morony.- 11:
Coherence and Relevance Relating to Mathematics and Other Disciplines: Simon
Modeste, Joaquín Giménez, José Luis Lupiáñez, Jaime Carvalho e Silva and Nga
Nguyen Thi.- 12: Coherence and Relevance of Materials and Technologies to
Support Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: Jennie Golding.- 13: What Theories
and Methodologies Are Appropriate for Studying Phenomena Related to
Mathematics Curriculum Reforms?: Berta Barquero, Britta Eyrich Jessen, Juan
Ruiz-Hidalgo and Jennie Golding.- 14: Conclusion: Achieving Coherence and
Relevance in Mathematics Curriculum Reforms: Some Guiding Principles: Will
Morony.- Part IV: Theme C Implementation of Reformed Mathematics Curricula
Within and Across Different Contexts and Traditions.- 15: Introduction: Angel
Ruiz.- 16: A First Exploration to Understand Mathematics Curricula
Implementation: Results, Limitations and Successes: Angel Ruiz, Mogens Niss,
Michèle Artigue, Yiming Cao and Enriqueta Reston.- 17: Towards a Model for
Monitoring and Evaluating Curricular Reforms: Steve Thornton, Maitree
Inprasitha, Angel Ruiz, Masami Isoda, Narumon Changsri and
Kristen Tripet.- 18: Teachers, Resources, Assessment Practices: Role and
Impact on the Curricular Implementation Process: Alf Coles, Luis
Rodríguez-Muñiz, Ida Ah Chee Mok, Angel Ruiz, Ronnie Karsenty, Francesca
Martignone, Iman Osta, Federica Ferretti and Thi Tan An Nguyen.- 19:
Conclusion: Laws of Curriculum Implementation and the Future in which We
Are Living: Angel Ruiz.- Part V: Theme D Globalisation and
Internationalisation and their Impacts on Mathematics Curriculum Reforms.-
20: Introduction: Max Stephens, Djordje Kadijevich, Mogens Niss, Nadia Azrou
and Yukihiko Namikawa.- 21: The Evolution and Uptake of Numeracy and
Mathematical Literacy as Drivers for Curriculum Reform: Merrilyn Goos and
Kathy OSullivan.- 22: Impacts of TIMSS and PISA on Mathematics Curriculum
Reforms: Djordje Kadijevich, Max Stephens, Armando Solares-Rojas and Raisa
Guberman.- 23: Emergence of Computational/Algorithmic Thinking and its Impact
on the Mathematics Curriculum: Djordje Kadijevich, Max Stephens and Abolfazl
Rafiepour.- 24: Conclusion: Future Visions of the Impact of
Internationalisation and Globalisation on School Mathematics Curriculum: Max
Stephens, Merrilyn Goos and Djordje Kadijevich.- Part VI: Theme E Agents
and Processes of Curriculum Design, Development and Reforms in School
Mathematics: 25: Introduction: Ellen Jameson, Peter Sullivan and Ferdinando
Arzarello.- 26: Case Studies in Agents andProcesses of Mathematics Curriculum
Development and Reform: Iman Osta, Fidel Oteiza, Peter Sullivan and John
Volmink.- 27: Modelling Curriculum Reforms: A System of Agents, Processes and
Objects: Ellen Jameson and Janette Bobis.- 28: Boundary in Curriculum Reform:
Alon Pinto and Jason Cooper.- 29: Teacher Professional Identity and
Curriculum Reform: Stephen Quirke, Lorena Espinoza and Gérard Sensevy.- 30:
Conclusion: Implications for Active Curriculum Reform Work and Future
Research: Ellen Jameson, Peter Sullivan and Ferdinando Arzarello.- Part VII:
International Perspectives and Influences on School Mathematics Curriculum
Reforms: 31: Introduction: Yoshinori Shimizu and Renuka Vithal.- 32: OECD
Learning Compass 2030: Implications for Mathematics Curricula: Miho Taguma,
Kelly Makowiecki and Florence Gabriel.- 33: Making Sense of Mathematics and
Making Mathematics Make Sense: William McCallum.- 34: School Mathematics
Curriculum Reforms: Insights and Reflections: Berinderjeet Kaur.- Part VIII:
Commentaries on ICMI Study 24: 35: Introduction: Renuka Vithal and Yoshinori
Shimizu.- 36: Language of Teaching and Learning and School Mathematics
Curriculum Reform: Tensions in Equity and Access: Anjum Halai.- 37: A
CulturalPolitical Reading of School Mathematics Curriculum Reform: Paola
Valero.- Part IX: Conclusion to ICMI Study 24: 38: Key Messages and Lessons
from Mathematics Curriculum Reforms around the World: Renuka Vithal and
Yoshinori Shimizu.- Afterword: Jill Adler.- Subject Index / Author Index.
Professor Yoshinori Shimizu, Ph. D, is a mathematics educator who works at Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences of University of Tsukuba, one of the major research institutions in Japan. He finished his Ph.D in Mathematics Education at Doctoral Program in Education, University of Tsukuba. He has been working at institutions such asTokyo Gakugei University, Indiana University (USA) as visiting scholar, and University of Tsukuba He was a member of Mathematics Expert Group (MEG) for OECD/PISA 2003, 2006, 2009. He was a consultant for 1995 TIMSS Videotape Classroom Study. He is one of the founders of Learners Perspective Study (LPS), a sixteen countries comparative study on mathematics classrooms and has been the Japanese team leader of the project. He was a member of the International Committee of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (2005-2009). He is the vice president of Japan Society of Mathematical Education. He was the co-chair forthe ICMI Study 24 conference held in November 2018 in Tsukuba, Japan.
Professor Renuka Vithal is the former Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Teaching and Learning, Dean of Education and Professor of Mathematics Education of the University of KwaZulu-Natal; and is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs at Fort Hare Univeristy. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of CASME. Professor Vithal obtained her MPhil in mathematical education from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and her doctoral degree in natural sciences from Aalborg University in Denmark. She began her career as a mathematics teacher and proceeded to work for institutions such as the University of Durban Westville and University of KwaZulu-Natal where she attained full professorship in mathematics education. She is recognised internationally as a scholar in the social, cultural and political dimensions of mathematics education.
