Arithmetic Textbooks and 19th Century Values
In this paper two nineteenth century Icelandic arithmetic textbooks are investigated, both written according to the late medieval tradition of libri di abbaco, practical textbooks. The authors were influenced by the German Protestant tradition that arithmetic education was to serve ethic education,...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/4886 2024-06-02T08:09:01+00:00 Arithmetic Textbooks and 19th Century Values Bjarnadóttir, Kristín Janquist, Uffe Thomas Education 2013 174463 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4886 en eng CERME 8 WG papers - History of Mathematics Education; () http://www.cerme8.metu.edu.tr/wgpapers/wg12_papers.html Bjarnadóttir , K 2013 , Arithmetic Textbooks and 19th Century Values . in U T Janquist (ed.) , CERME 8 WG papers - History of Mathematics Education . Eighth Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education , Antalya , Turkey , 6/02/13 . conference 221746483 2d7307b9-2756-477a-b754-3471a515b3a4 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4886 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Mathematics (all) /dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontobookanthology/chapter 2013 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/4886 2024-05-06T02:20:07Z In this paper two nineteenth century Icelandic arithmetic textbooks are investigated, both written according to the late medieval tradition of libri di abbaco, practical textbooks. The authors were influenced by the German Protestant tradition that arithmetic education was to serve ethic education, as well as by the Enlightenment. Above all, they worked for the autonomy of Iceland from Denmark. Their textbooks served the purpose of teaching young people wise allocation and yield of their resources with the overall goal of individual as well as national prosperity and financial independence. In this paper two nineteenth century Icelandic arithmetic textbooks are investigated, both written according to the late medieval tradition of libri di abbaco, practical textbooks. The authors were influenced by the German Protestant tradition that arithmetic education was to serve ethic education, as well as by the Enlightenment. Above all, they worked for the autonomy of Iceland from Denmark. Their textbooks served the purpose of teaching young people wise allocation and yield of their resources with the overall goal of individual as well as national prosperity and financial independence. Peer reviewed Book Part Iceland Opin vísindi (Iceland) |
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In this paper two nineteenth century Icelandic arithmetic textbooks are investigated, both written according to the late medieval tradition of libri di abbaco, practical textbooks. The authors were influenced by the German Protestant tradition that arithmetic education was to serve ethic education, as well as by the Enlightenment. Above all, they worked for the autonomy of Iceland from Denmark. Their textbooks served the purpose of teaching young people wise allocation and yield of their resources with the overall goal of individual as well as national prosperity and financial independence. In this paper two nineteenth century Icelandic arithmetic textbooks are investigated, both written according to the late medieval tradition of libri di abbaco, practical textbooks. The authors were influenced by the German Protestant tradition that arithmetic education was to serve ethic education, as well as by the Enlightenment. Above all, they worked for the autonomy of Iceland from Denmark. Their textbooks served the purpose of teaching young people wise allocation and yield of their resources with the overall goal of individual as well as national prosperity and financial independence. Peer reviewed |
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CERME 8 WG papers - History of Mathematics Education; () http://www.cerme8.metu.edu.tr/wgpapers/wg12_papers.html Bjarnadóttir , K 2013 , Arithmetic Textbooks and 19th Century Values . in U T Janquist (ed.) , CERME 8 WG papers - History of Mathematics Education . Eighth Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education , Antalya , Turkey , 6/02/13 . conference 221746483 2d7307b9-2756-477a-b754-3471a515b3a4 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4886 |
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