The culture of the mathematics classroom is becoming an increasingly salient topic of discussion in mathematics education. Studying and changing what happens in

Mathematics teaching and learning have been dominated by a concern for the intellectual readiness of the child, debates over rote learning versus understanding

Mathematics is in the unenviable position of being simultaneously one of the most important school subjects for today's children to study and one of the least w

The book has been written by an international group of very activeresearchers and scholars who have a passion for the study of Chinesemathematics education. It

This volume--the first to bring together research on sociocultural aspects of mathematics education--presents contemporary and international perspectives on soc