History of mathematics education in East Asia in premodern times

Bréard A, Horiuchi A (2014)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2014

Publisher: Springer

Edited Volumes: Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education

City/Town: New York

Pages Range: 153-174

ISBN: 978-1-4614-9154-5

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9155-2_8

Abstract

The first section of this chapter focuses on the period covering the late sixteenth to the early twentieth century in China, from the beginning of the Jesuit influence to the educational reforms, ending the more than 1,000-year-old traditional state examinations and introducing a modern school system based on foreign models. Social and historical contexts in which mathematics were taught underwent drastic changes during the period under consideration, ranging from private lessons for the Emperor to universal education in public schools, without entirely discarding traditional approaches to mathematical learning.

Authors with CRIS profile

Andrea Bréard

Additional Organisation(s)

Chair for Sinology with a focus on the Intellectual and Cultural History of China (Alexander von Humboldt-Professor)

Involved external institutions

Université de Paris FR France (FR) LILLE 1 University - Science and Technology FR France (FR)

How to cite

APA:

Bréard, A., & Horiuchi, A. (2014). History of mathematics education in East Asia in premodern times. In Alexander Karp, Gert Schubring (Eds.), Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education. (pp. 153-174). New York: Springer.

MLA:

Bréard, Andrea, and Annick Horiuchi. "History of mathematics education in East Asia in premodern times." Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education. Ed. Alexander Karp, Gert Schubring, New York: Springer, 2014. 153-174.

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