The First Sourcebook on Nordic Research in Mathematics Education

The First Sourcebook on Nordic Research in Mathematics Education: Norway SwedenIceland Denmark and contributions from Finland provides the first comprehensive and unifiedtreatment of historical and contemporary research trends in mathematics education in theNordic world. The book is organized in sections co-ordinated by active researchers inmathematics education in Norway Sweden Iceland Denmark and Finland. The purpose ofthis sourcebook is to synthesize and survey the established body of research in these countrieswith findings that have influenced ongoing research agendas informed practice framedcurricula and policy. The sections for each country also include historical articles in addition toexemplary examples of recently conducted research oriented towards the future. The book willserve as a standard reference for mathematics education researchers policy makerspractitioners and students both in and outside the Nordic countries.This Sourcebook includes over 50 chapters from the Nordic world.Section I- Norwegian Research in Mathematics EducationSection Editor: Simon GoodchildIntroduction to the Norwegian part of the Sourcebook of Nordic Research in Mathematics EducationSimon GoodchildThe development of mathematics education as a research field in Norway - an insider'spersonal reflections Trygve Breiteig and Simon GoodchildSection II- Swedish Research in Mathematics EducationSection Editor: Christer BergstenMathematics education research in Sweden - An introductionChrister BergstenSome theoretical orientations of Swedish researchLearning difficulties and mathematical reasoningJohan Lithner Torulf PalmSection III - Icelandic Research in Mathematics EducationSection Editors: Guðbjörg Pálsdóttir Bharath SriramanMathematics Education in Iceland: Explaining the Non-homogeneity in a HomogenousSystem Guðný Helga Gunnarsdóttir Guðbjörg Pálsdóttir Bharath SriramanThe History of Public Education in Mathematics in Iceland and its Relations to SecondaryEducation Kristín BjarnadóttirSection IV - Danish Research in Mathematics EducationSection Editors: Bettina Dahl Bharath SriramanSection V- Contributions from FinlandSection Editor: Lenni Haapasalo