for the learning of mathematics

an international journal of mathematics education

David Pimm
 Editorial

2
Patricio Herbst ,  Jeremy Kilpatrick
 Pour lire Brousseau

3
Judit Moschkovich
 Supporting the participation of English language learners in mathematical discussions

11
Iben Christiansen
 Are theories in mathematics education of any use to practice?

20
William Higginson
 Sounds of canons at our gates: post-modernism comes to mathematics education

24
Jeremy Gray
 Mathematicians as philosophers of mathematics: part 2

28
Bill Barton
 Ethnomathematics: a political plaything

32
André Toom
 Communication: Word problems: applications or mental manipulatives

36
Janet Ainley
 Who are you today? Complementary and conflicting roles in school-based research

39