1st Edition

Working with the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic in Mathematics Education A Comprehensive Casebook

    278 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    278 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    This book presents the main research veins developed within the framework of the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic (ATD), a paradigm that originated in French didactics of mathematics. While a great number of publications on ATD are available in French and Spanish, Working with the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic in Mathematics Education is the first directed at English-speaking international audiences.

    Written and edited by leading researchers in ATD, the book covers all aspects of ATD theory and practice, including teaching applications. The chapters feature the most relevant and recent investigations presented at the 6th international conference on the ATD, offering a unique opportunity for an international audience interested in the study of mathematics teaching and learning to keep in touch with advances in educational research. The book is divided into four sections and the contributions explore key topics such as:

    • The core concept of ‘praxeology’, including its development and functionalities
    • The need for new teaching praxeologies in the paradigm of questioning the world
    • The impact of ATD on the teaching profession and the education of teachers

    This is the second volume in the New Perspectives on Research in Mathematics Education. This comprehensive casebook is an indispensable resource for researchers, teachers and graduate students around the world.

    Foreword  Introduction  Glossary  Part 1: Unity in Diversity: ATD at Work  Chapter 1. What kind of results can be rationally justified in didactics?  Chapter 2. Research on ATD outside mathematics  Part 2: Praxeological and Didactic Analysis  Chapter 3. Praxeologies to be taught and praxeologies for teaching: a delicate frontier  Chapter 4. Developments and functionalities in the praxeological model  Chapter 5. Research on negative numbers in school algebra  Chapter 6. The potential of reference epistemological models. The case of elementary differential calculus  Part 3: Questioning the World  Chapter 7. The Second Spanish Republic and the Project Method. A view from the ATD  Chapter 8. The ecology of study and research paths in upper secondary school: the cases of Denmark and Japan  Chapter 9. The need for new teaching praxeologies in the paradigm of questioning the world  Part 4: ATD and the Teaching Profession  Chapter 10. The studying of teachers' mathematical and didactic praxeologies as a tool for teacher education  Chapter 11. The education of prospective early childhood teachers within the paradigm of questioning the world  Chapter 12. The education of school and university teachers within the paradigm of questioning the world  Chapter 13. On the contributions of the ATD to the teaching profession

     

    Biography

    Marianna Bosch is Professor at Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain. She is an experienced researcher in ATD with a long involvement in the dissemination of research to the international audience.

    Yves Chevallard is Professor Emeritus at Aix-Marseille Université, France and the main developer of ATD.

    Francisco Javier García is a researcher and lectuerer at Universidad de Jaén, Spain.

    John Monaghan is Emeritus Professor at the University of Leeds, UK and Professor at the University of Agder, Norway.