The new math : a political history /

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An era of sweeping cultural change in America, the postwar years saw the rise of beatniks and hippies, the birth of feminism, and the release of the first video game. It was also the era of new math. Introduced to US schools in the late 1950s and 1960s, the new math was a curricular answer to Cold W...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Phillips, Christopher J. (Christopher James), 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Temas:
1900-1999
Mathematics > Study and teaching > Political aspects > United States.
Mathematics > Study and teaching > United States > History > 20th century.
Education and state > United States > History > 20th century.
Mathématiques > Étude et enseignement > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Mathématiques > Étude et enseignement > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
Education and state
Mathematics > Study and teaching
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: the American subject
  • The subject and the state: the origins of the new math
  • The textbook subject: mathematicians and the new math
  • The subject in itself: arithmetic as knowledge
  • The subject in the classroom: the selling of the new math
  • The basic subject: new math and its discontents
  • Epilogue.

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