Mathematics, PISA, and culture: An unpredictable relationship

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• 作者：Paul Andrews
• 关键词：Bourbaki ; Finland ; Flanders ; Mathematics instruction ; PISA ; Realistic mathematics education ; TIMSS
• 刊名：Journal of Educational Change
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：August 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：16
• 期：3
• 页码：251-280
• 全文大小：619 KB
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• 作者单位：Paul Andrews (1)
  
  1. Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Stockholm University, 109 61, Stockholm, Sweden
  
• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Education
  Leadership and Administration
  Curriculum Studies
  Comparative Education
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-1812

文摘

Recent studies have indicated, particularly in the European context, that students-mathematical successes on international tests of student achievement may not be attributable to the quality of classroom instruction, although, as is shown, this is unlikely to be the case in Flanders, the autonomous Dutch-speaking region of Belgium. Flemish students-mathematics performance on such tests have placed them at the head of the European rankings, warranting Flanders as a site of research interest that has been largely ignored by the international community. In this paper, drawing on analyses of four sequences of five lessons, taught by teachers construed locally as competent, I explore the nature of Flemish mathematics teaching. Framed by anecdotal reports that it reflects the structuralism of the now largely abandoned Bourbakian new mathematics movement humanised by the Dutch tradition of realistic mathematics education, the analyses focus on examining not only the extent to which these traditions are manifested in Flemish classrooms but the ways in which they interact. The dominant tradition seems to be that of mathematical structuralism mediated by teachers-use of realistic problems; a tradition not unlikely to underpin Flemish students-repeated successes. The results are discussed in relation to research highlighting the significance on students-achievement of the broader cultural milieu in which they and their teachers operate.