Didactics of Mathematics in the Netherlands

This chapter highlights key aspects of the didactics of mathematics in the Netherlands. It is based on the Dutch contribution to the Thematic Afternoon session on European didactic traditions in mathematics, organised at ICME13 in Hamburg 2016. The chapter starts with a section in which mathematics education in the Netherlands is viewed from four perspectives in which subsequently attention is paid to the role of mathematics and mathematicians, the role of theory, the role of design, and the role of empirical research. In all these themes Hans Freudenthal has played a key role. Hereafter, the... Mehr ...