Asian Research in Mathematics Education

Bill Atweh is an educational consultant with more than 30 years of experience in academic positions at the Queensland University of Technology and Curtin University of Technology in Australia; more recently, as a visiting scholar at the Philippines Normal University, University of South Africa, Malmo University, and De La Salle University in the Philippines; and is currently an affiliate professor at Ateneo Manila University De Manila, Philippines. He is the co-editor of several books in mathematics education and numerous conference and journal articles, and has supervised students at master’s and doctoral levels. Lianghuo Fan is a distinguished professor at the School of Mathematical Sciences and the director of the Asian Centre for Mathematics Education at East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. He is also an emeritus professor at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom(UK). Prior to this, he was a professor (a personal chair) in Education, and the director of the Mathematics, Science, and Health Education Research Centre at Southampton Education School, University of Southampton, from 2010 to 2018. Professor Fan holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, United States of America (USA), and has extensive experience in teaching and research in China, USA, Singapore, and the UK. He was the chief editor of The Mathematics Educator (2006-2010) and is the founding editor-in-chief of Asian Journal for Mathematics Education, as well as the chief editor of Frontiers in Education (STEM Education). Professor Fan is currently a vice president and the secretary general of the Chinese Society of Mathematics Education, and has published numerous journal articles and books. Catherine P. Vistro-Yu is a professor and the program coordinator for Mathematics Education at the Mathematics Department, School of Science and Engineering, of the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines. She served in the Executive Committee (EC) of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) for a four-year term from 2013 to 2016. She was a member of the International Programme Committee of the 14th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-14) held in Shanghai in 2021. Her research interests include curriculum, language, culture and didactics.

Section 1: Developing Research Culture in Mathematics Education.- Chapter 1. Building a Research Culture in Philippine Graduate Education: Reflections on Experiences in Mathematics Education.- Chapter 2. Development of Chinese Mmathematics Education Research Culture: A Case Study.- Chapter 3. The Evolution of Mathematics Education Research in Singapore.- Section 2: Overview of Mathematics Education Research.- Chapter 4. Critical Analysis of Mathematics Education Doctoral Dissertations in the Philippines: 2009 – 2021.- Chapter 5. A Critical Review of Mathematics Education Research in Korea: Trends, Challenges, and Future Directions.- Chapter 6. Mathematics Education Research Trends in Turkey: International Research Context.- Chapter 7. Research and Research Culture in Mathematics Education: The Case in Macao, China.- Chapter 8. Trend in Mathematics Education Research in Indonesia.


 




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“This book surveys mathematics-education research in China, Singapore, the Phillipines, Korea, Turkey, Macao (China), and Indonesia. In a short book of under 200 pages, the book covers a wealth of information.” (Russel Jay Hendel, MAA Reviews, October 8, 2023)