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This open access book, inspired by the ICME 13 Thematic Afternoon on “European Didactic Traditions”, takes readers on a journey with mathematics education researchers, developers and educators in eighteen countries, who reflect on their experiences with Realistic Mathematics Education (RME), the domain-specific instruction theory for mathematics education developed in the Netherlands since the late 1960s. Authors from outside the Netherlands discuss what aspects of RME appeal to them, their criticisms of RME and their past and current RME-based projects.
It is clear that a particular approach to mathematics education cannot simply be transplanted to another country. As such, in eighteen chapters the authors describe how they have adapted RME to their individual circumstances and view on mathematics education, and tell their personal stories about how RME has influenced their thinking on mathematics education.
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ICME-13 Monographs Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen Editor International Reflections on the Netherlands Didactics of Mathematics Visions on and Experiences with Realistic Mathematics Education ICME-13 Monographs Series Editor Gabriele Kaiser, Faculty of Education, Didactics of Mathematics, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Each volume in the series presents state-of-the art research on a particular topic in mathematics education and reflects the international debate as broadly as possible, while also incorporating insights into lesser-known areas of the discussion. Each volume is based on the discussions and presentations during the ICME-13 congress and includes the best papers from one of the ICME-13 Topical Study Groups, Discussion Groups or presentations from the thematic afternoon. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/15585 Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen Editor International Reflections on the Netherlands Didactics of Mathematics Visions on and Experiences with Realistic Mathematics Education Editor Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen Utrecht University Utrecht, the Netherlands Nord University Bodø, Norway The Open Access publication of this book was made possible in part by generous support from the Utrecht University Open Access Fund, the Nord University Open Access Fund, and the NVORWO (Netherlands Association for the Development of Mathematics Education). ISSN 2520-8322 ISSN 2520-8330 (electronic) ICME-13 Monographs ISBN 978-3-030-20222-4 ISBN 978-3-030-20223-1 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20223-1 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020. This book is an open access publication. Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice