EOLSS - HISTORY AND EPISTEMOLOGY IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
Appendix 1. Activities and Publications on the Use of History in Mathematics Education
In addition to what has been presented in the text of the chapter, this appendix supplies some further information. The following list of activities and publications is far from exhaustive; in particular, it does not include the many websites concerning the topic in question. Nevertheless it is hoped that it offers useful hints for personal search of materials about the use of history in mathematics education.
A) In each ICME conference there are official activities dedicated to history in mathematics education (Working Groups, Topic Study Groups, HPM special sessions). Moreover Satellite meetings are held in a place close to the venue of ICME. The following proceedings of the Satellite meetings have been published:
Lagarto, M. J., Vieira, A. & Veloso, E. (Eds.) (1996). História e educação matemática. Proceedings [of the 2nd European Summer University and the HPM Satellite meeting of ICME-8]. Braga, Portugal: Portuguese Association of the Teachers of Mathematics & Department of Mathematics, University of Minho (Two volumes).
Horng, W.-S., & Lin, F.-L. (Eds.) (2000). Proceedings of the HPM 2000 Conference History in mathematics education: Challenges for a new millennium. A Satellite meeting of ICME-9. Taipei, Taiwan: Department of Mathematics, National Taiwan Normal University (Two volumes).
Furinghetti, F., Kaijser, S., & Vretblad, A. (Eds.) (2004). Proceedings of The HPM Satellite meeting and Fourth European Summer University. Uppsala, Sweden: University of Uppsala. (One volume).
Furinghetti, F., Kaijser, S., & Tzanakis, C. (Eds.) (2006). Proceedings HPM 2004 & ESU 4 – Revised edition, Iraklion, Greece: University of Crete. (One volume).
Cantoral, R., Fasanelli, F., Garciadiego, A., Stein, B.& Tzanakis, C. (2008). Proceedings of HPM 2008, The Satellite meeting of ICME 11. Mexico city. CD-ROM.
B) European Summer Universities (ESUs) are held in different European countries; they are particularly addressed at teachers. Some are organized in conjunction with Satellite meetings. The following proceedings have been published:
ESU-1
ESU-2
ESU-3
ESU-4
ESU-5
ESU-6
C) Books containing selected papers presented in Satellite meetings, European Summer Universities, or other meeting related to history and pedagogy of mathematics:
Fauvel, J. (Ed.) (1990). Mathematics through history. York, UK: Q.E.D. Books.
Swetz, F., Fauvel, J., Bekken, O., Johansson, B., & Katz, V. (Eds.) (1995). Learn from the masters. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America.
Calinger, R. (Ed.) (1996). Vita mathematica. MAA Notes n. 40. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America.
Katz (Ed.) (2000). Using history to teach mathematics: An international perspective. MAA Notes n. 51. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America.
Bekken, O. B., & Mosvold, R. (Eds.) (2003). Study the masters: The Abel-Fauvel Conference Proceedings. Göteborg, Sweden: NCM.
Katz, V., & Tzanakis, C. (Eds.) (2011). Recent developments on introducing a historical dimension in mathematics education. MAA Notes n. 78. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America.
D) Some special issues of journals on the use of history in mathematics teaching:
Journals of education publish papers on the use of history in mathematics education, and, in particular, some special issues entirely devoted to this topic. Some of these special issues are:
Mathematik Lehren, 19
Mathematik Lehren, 47
L’Insegnamento della Matematica e delle Scienze Integrate, 14
For the Learning of Mathematics,
The Mathematical Gazette, 76
For the Learning of Mathematics,
Mathematics in School, 26
Mathematics in School, 27
Mathematik Lehren, 91
Mathematics Teache
Mathematics in School, 37
Mathematics in School, 39
Mediterranean Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
Educational Studies in Mathematics,
Bulletin of the British Society for the History of Mathematics,
E) Activities in conferences
During conferences on general themes of mathematics education there are talks, working groups and other activities related to history in mathematics education. In particular, working groups on this subject were organized during CERME 6 and CERME 7 (CERME stands for Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education.) Sometimes in the conferences on history of mathematics and on mathematics there are talks which deal with the use of history in mathematics education.
Regular activities and conferences on history in mathematics education are carried out in France by the IREM network and in the UK by the British Society for the History of Mathematics. The French IREMs publish proceedings of their meetings, reprints of historical texts, and teaching materials. Specific conferences on history in mathematics education are organized around the world. Among them, it is interesting the Brazilian initiative launched in 2002 called Colóquio de História e Tecnologia no Ensino de Matemática (HTEM). This conference on history and technology in mathematics teaching has the aim of creating a space of discussion about the impact of research on history and about the role of technology in mathematics teaching.
The section of the website on the history of ICMI (http://www.icmihistory.unito.it/) dedicated to the Study Group HPM contains the history of the first 25 years of HPM. This history reports on the main conferences organized in the period in question. The international Newsletter of HPM and the regional Newsletters of HPM published in the US and in Taiwan (HPM Tongxun) provide information about the various initiatives at national and international level.