What values (covert or overt) underlie our curricula?
Ernest identifies five distinct groups (e.g., Industrial Trainers, Old Humanists, Progressive Educators) each with their own values and aims for math education. Download File The Philosophy of Mathematics Edu...
Paul Ernest's is a seminal work that challenges the "absolutist" view of mathematics—the idea that it is an infallible body of objective truth. Instead, Ernest argues that mathematics is a social construction , a product of human inventiveness and cultural history. Core Philosophical Shift What values (covert or overt) underlie our curricula
This work is widely cited in educational research and is available through various academic and commercial platforms: Download File The Philosophy of Mathematics Edu...