Colombia: Mathematics Education and the Preparation of Teachers. Consolidating a Professional and Scientific Field

In this chapter a succinct panorama of some of the background, structure, development and limitations of the initial and continuing preparation of Mathematics teachers in Colombia is presented. Particularly, some aspects of the political, social and, in s

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Editor Angel Ruiz Center for Research and Teacher Preparation in Mathematics Education University of Costa Rica San José Costa Rica

ISSN 2211-1921 SpringerBriefs in Education ISBN 978-3-319-44176-4 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-44177-1

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