Learning and Teaching Mathematics in The Global Village (eBook)

Preface.- 1. An Overview of the History of Mathematics Pedagogy.-1.1 Mathematics in Antiquity.-1.2 Mathematics in the Medieval and Renaissance Periods.- 1.3 Mathematics in the Enlightenment and Romantic Periods.- 1.4 Mathematics in the Modern Era.- 1.5 Mathematics in the Digital Era.- 2. New Technologies in the Teaching of Teaching and Learning of Mathematics.- 2.1 Research on the Use of Video Games.- 2.2 Research on the Use of YouTube.- 2.3 Research on the Formation of Math Communities on Facebook and Twitter.- 2.4 Classroom Applications and Implications.- 2.5 Pedagogical Theories and Their Validity in the Internet Age.- 3. Interconnectedness in Mathematics Education.- 3.1 The Concepts of Interconnectedness and Network Competence.- 3.2 Connecting Mathematics to the Global Village.- 3.3 Mathematics in the Media.- 3.4 Using Puzzle Sites to Create a Pedagogical Forum.- 3.5 Creating Mathematical Themes Relevant to Interconnectedness.- 4. Interactivity and Multimodality in Mathematics Education.- 4.1 The Notion of Interactivity.- 4.2 The Notion of Multimodality.- 4.3 Relevant Educational Research.- 4.4 The Interactive Classroom.- 4.5 Some Experimental Proposals.- 5. Blending in Mathematics Education.- 5.1 The Notion of Blending.- 5.2 The Work of Lakoff, Turner, and Others.- 5.3 Conceptual Fluency in Math Education.- 5.4 The Internet as a Source of “Cyber-Blending”.- 5.5 Concluding Remarks.