International Perspectives on Gender and Mathematics Education Forgasz Becker

International Perspectives on Gender and Mathematics EducationAuthor(s): Helen J. Forgasz, Joanne Rossi Becker, Kyeong-Hwa Lee, Olof Bjorg Steinthorsdottir, Bharath Sriraman, Lyn English\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781617350429, 978-1617350429\nSynopsis\nWhy a book on gender issues in mathematics in the 21st century? Several factors have influenced the undertaking of this project by the editors. First, an international volume focusing on gender and mathematics has not appeared since publication of papers emerging from the 1996 International Congress on Mathematical Education (Keitel, 1998). Surely it was time for an updated look at this critical area of mathematics education. Second, we have had lively discussion and working groups on gender issues at conferences of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education [PME] for the past four years, sessions at which stimulating and .