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Mathematics Education in Germany (Modern Times) (2014)

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Given that Germany was constituted of a multitude of sovereign states and became a federal state only in the twentieth century, this chapter studies the differences in the nineteenth century between the various states regarding mathematics teaching. The contrast between neo-humanism in Prussia and states maintaining dominance of the classical type of education is exposed as well as a certain harmonization from 1871 onwards. A particular focus of international impact is the reform movement from about 1900. The political history marks the following developments: Germany became a Republic in 1918, but mathematics and science teaching were affected by the trauma of World War I. Nazi Fascism overthrowing the Republic in 1933 put mathematics in its service. World War II led to the emergence of two German states, again with a different status for mathematics.

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Authors & Contributors
Gadioli, Ettore
Dahn, Ryan
Dai Prà, Elena
Fiss, Karen
P. E. Watkins
Subramanian, Samanth
Concepts
World War II
Science and politics
World War I
Science and war; science and the military
Physics
Medicine
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
18th century
Places
Germany
Great Britain
United States
Europe
Prussia (Germany)
Italy
Institutions
Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft
Panepistēmio Athēnōn
Stazione Zoologica di Napoli
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Physik, Berlin
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften
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