1st Edition
Implementing a New Mathematics Curriculum Based on Genetic Constructivism
Foreword
Konrad Krainer
1. Introduction
Naďa Vondrová
2. Genetic constructivism in teaching
Ladislav Kvasz and Hynek Bachratý
3. Theory of generic models as a concept development theory
Naďa Vondrová
4. Genetic constructivism in schools
Darina Jirotková, Jana Slezáková, and Lucia Csachová
5. Genetic constructivism: Development of concepts in the textbooks
David Janda and Esperanza López Centella
6. Genetic constructivism in the classroom
Ioannis Papadopoulos and Naďa Vondrová
7. The relationship between pedagogical approaches and pupils’ outcomes in classes with and without GCT
Irena Smetáčková and Martin Chvál
8. Moving from research to teaching geometric rotation according to genetic constructivism
Ewa Swoboda, Bożena Maj-Tatsis, and Marta Pytlak
9. Final remarks
Naďa Vondrová
10. Some reflections on Genetic Constructivism in Teaching viewed as a ‘woven’ curriculum
Adrian Simpson
11. Personal feedback
Anne Cockburn
Biography
Naďa Vondrová is Professor of Mathematics Education, the Head of the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Education and Board for Doctoral Studies in Mathematics Education at the Faculty of Education, Charles University, Prague.
Ladislav Kvasz is Professor of Mathematics Education at the Faculty of Education, Charles University, Prague. His book Patterns of Change, Linguistic Innovations in the Development of Classical Mathematics won the prestigious Fernando Gil International Prize for the Philosophy of Science for 2010.
