Mathematics Education in a Neocolonial Country: The Case of Papua New Guinea

The proposed book will cover education in Papua New Guinea over the millennia, focusing on specific areas of mathematics education impacted by policies, research, circumstances, and other influences, with particular emphasis on pressures on education in the last one and a half centuries. It will be a unique record of this kind in the education research literature and should be a useful addition to graduate programs in mathematics education, history of mathematics, cross-cultural studies, globalization and post/decolonialism, linguistics, educational administration and policy, technology education, teacher education, and gender studies.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 494 pages
Publication date: 11 January 2024
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Education research is primarily conducted in Western developed countries, with limited contributions from developing countries. However, the proposed book aims to fill this gap by extensively covering education in Papua New Guinea over millennia. Papua New Guinea's multicultural society, with recent contact with Europe and the Middle East, offers a unique perspective on education development. The book will discuss specific areas of mathematics education that have been influenced by policies, research, circumstances, and other factors, with a particular focus on the challenges faced by education in the last one and a half centuries. This volume will provide a comprehensive and critical record of how school mathematics has evolved in Papua New Guinea since the late 1800s, making it a valuable resource for graduate programs in mathematics education, history of mathematics, cross-cultural studies, globalization and post/decolonialism, linguistics, educational administration and policy, technology education, teacher education, and gender studies.

Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030909963
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022