[Maths-Education] Launch of Ole Skovsmose's book Critical Philosohy of Mathematics, May 2, online

[Ernest, Paul]

Dear Colleagues

You will be interested to learn of the online launch of Ole Skovmose's book Critical Philosophy of Mathematics (Springer, 2024, in the series Advances in Mathematics Education edited by Gabriele Kaiser and Bharath Sriraman).

This book addresses ethics and applications within mathematical practice as well as what pure mathematicians do. Ole pursued 4 dimensions of Critical Maths Education

  1.
Critique of Mathematics and Critical Philosophy of Mathematics
  2.
Critique of Mathematics Education
  3.
Critical Mathematics Pedagogy
  4.
Critique of Mathematics in Society

This book completes dimension 1 of his project, and adds yet more to dimension 4..

This launch was planned with the author who as you know sadly died last month, but we are all the more determined to continue with this launch event, and to promote his seminal work.

Ole Skovsmose's work is located at the growing intersection between mathematics education, the philosophy of mathematical practice, the philosophy of mathematics and critical pedagogy and is of interdisciplinary and cross disciplinary interest.

However, we regard him primarily as one of our own, a mathematics educationist, and one of the key figures in the ever growing critical mathematics education movement

The launch poster is attached. Please circulate as widely as possible. The link to register for the free launch on 2 May 4:30 pm CET can be found here<https://www.cppi.me/events>.

A review of the book can be found here https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/pmej/  The Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal No. 42 (Jan. 2025) in the special issue dedicated to him before his sad passing.

Thank you

Paul Ernest
Emeritus Professor, Exeter University, EX1 2LU, UK
Homepage  https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/pmej/  for The Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal.
No. 42 (Jan. 2025) out now


P. Ernest (2024) The Ethics of Authority and Control in Mathematics Education:  From Naked Power to Hidden

     Ideology. In P. Ernest, Ed. (2024) Ethics and Mathematics Education The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Springer.

P. Ernest (2023). The Problems of Necessity and Authority in Mathematics and Education<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10116307>. Journal for Theoretical &

     Marginal Mathematics Education, Vol. 2, No. 1 (https://www.cppi.me/journal)


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