for the learning of mathematics

an international journal of mathematics education

David Pimm
 Editorial

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William Higginson
 Freire, D'Ambrosio, oppression, empowerment and mathematics: background notes to an interview

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Ubiratan D'Ambrosio
 Remembering Paulo Freire

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Paulo Freire ,  Ubiratan D'Ambrosio ,  Maria do Carmo Mendonça
 A conversation with Paulo Freire

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Derek Woodrow
 Democratic education: does it exist especially for mathematics education?

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Marcelo C. Borba ,  Ole Skovsmose
 The ideology of certainty in mathematics education

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Dimitris Chassapis
 The social ideologies of school mathematics applications: a case study of elementary school textbooks

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Roberta Mura ,  Louise Maurice
 L'infini, un ensemble de nombres? Enquête auprès de futurs enseignants et enseignantes

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Patricio Herbst
 The number-line metaphor in the discourse of a textbook series

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