RUSSIAN M ATHEM ATICS EDUCATION History and World Significance SERIES ON MATHEMATICS EDUCATION Series Editors: Mogens Niss (Roskilde University, Denmark) Lee Peng Yee (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Jeremy Kilpatrick (University of Georgia, USA) Published Vol. 1 How Chinese Learn Mathematics Perspectives from Insiders Edited by: L. Fan, N.-Y. Wong, J. Cai and S. Li Vol. 2 Mathematics Education The Singapore Journey Edited by: K. Y. Wong, P. Y. Lee, B. Kaur, P. Y. Foong and S. F. Ng Series on Mathematics Education Vol. 4 RUSSIAN M ATHEM ATICS EDUCATION History and World Significance Edited by Alexander Karp Bruce R. Vogeli Columbia University, USA World Scientific NEW JERSEY • LONDON • SINGAPORE • BEIJING • SHANGHAI • HONG KONG • TA I P E I • CHENNAI Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. 5 Toh Tuck Link, Singapore 596224 USA office 27 Warren Street, Suite 401-402, Hackensack, NJ 07601 UK office 57 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9HE British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Series on Mathematics Education — Vol. 4 RUSSIAN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION History and World Significance Copyright © 2010 by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without written permission from the Publisher. For photocopying of material in this volume, please pay a copying fee through the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. In this case permission to photocopy is not required from the publisher. ISBN-13 978-981-4277-05-1 ISBN-10 981-4277-05-3 Typeset by Stallion Press Email:
[email protected] Printed in Singapore. Contents Introduction Chapter 1. vii Mathematics Education in Russia before the 1917 Revolution 1 Tatiana Polyakova Chapter 2. Reforms and Counter-Reforms: Schools between 1917 and the 1950s 43 Alexander Karp Chapter 3. Toward a History of Mathematics Education Reform in Soviet Schools (1960s–1980s) 87 Alexander Abramov Chapter 4. Challenges and Issues in Post-Soviet Mathematics Education 141 Mark Bashmakov Chapter 5. Mathematicians and Mathematics Education: A Tradition of Involvement 187 Ale