The Belgian journal Mathematica & Paedagogia (1953-1974): A forum for the national and international scene in mathematics education

In 1953 the Belgian Society of Mathematics Teachers was founded. The Society brought together a few hundred mathematics teachers from both linguistic communities (French and Dutch). It started its own professional journal Mathematica & Paedagogia (M&P). Willy Servais, the Society’s first president, became the journal’s figurehead. Servais was an open-minded, inspiring personality and an unconditional proponent of international exchange in mathematics education. In the 1950s M&P became an international forum of ideas, in particular for members of CIEAEM. In this paper we present some of the main themes discussed in M&P, with particular focus on the contributions by international scholars. Although the influence of the French structuralist mathematicians was clearly discernible, the pages of M&P were also open to other scholars.

ISBN:978-87-7684-737-1

Publication year:2015

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