The 21st Century Mathematics Education in China

Yiming Cao is a professor of Mathematics Education in the School of Mathematical Science at Beijing Normal University, China. He is the deputy director of Basic Education Commission of Chinese Mathematical Society and the chair of Chinese Association of Mathematics Education. His research areas include mathematics curriculum and teaching, the history of mathematics and teacher education. He has published more than 100 papers in the academic journals and more than 30 books in these areas. And he undertaken several international cooperation project and key projects of national level. Furthermore, he is a member of the editorial board of Journal of Mathematics Education in America and the associate editor of Journal of Mathematics Education in China. Besides, he was invited as visiting research fellow and gave lectures in many countries, such as Australia, Japan, Brazil, America, Malaysia and so on. He was invited to present reports on the 11th International Congress on Mathematics Education and the 34th International Congress on Psychology of Mathematics Education etc. which were the significant international academic conference. And he was in charge of organizing the 14th Asian Technology Conference in Mathematics.

Preface.- Section I A General Introduction of Chinese Mathematics Education.- Chapter 1 Mathematics Education of Chinese Communities from the Perspective of International Studies of Mathematics Achievement.- Chapter 2 Chinese Mathematics Education System and Mathematics Education Tradition.- Chapter 3 Chinese Mathematics Curriculum Reform in the 21 Century.- Chapter 4 Education Equity in China: An Analysis of Local and Migrant students' Mathematics Learning in Shanghai.- Chapter 5 Shadow Education of Mathematics in China.- Section II Mathematical Curriculum and Textbook.- Chapter 6 Developments and Changes in the Primary School Mathematics Curriculum and Teaching Material in China.- Chapter 7 The development of mathematics curriculum and teaching materials in secondary schools in the second half of the 20th-century.- Chapter 8 The evolution of mathematics curriculum and teaching materials in secondary schools in the 21st century.- Chapter 9 Features and Characteristics of Chinese New Century Mathematics Textbooks.- Section III Mathematical Classroom Instruction.- Chapter 10 A study of Mathematics classroom teaching in China: Looking at lesson structure, teaching and learning behaviour.- Chapter 11 Task Design in Mathematics Classrooms.- Chapter 12 The Design and Implementation of the Mathematics Teaching Goal.- Chapter 13 Integration of Information Technology (IT) and the Mathematics Curriculum.- Chapter 14 Mathematics Teaching Reform Experiments in China in the 21st Century.- Section IV Mathematical Learning.- Chapter 15 A Case Study of Transformation of Students with Mathematics Learning Difficulties.- Section V The Professional Development of Mathematical Teachers.- Chapter 16 School-based professional development of Mathematics teachers in China.- Chapter 17 Pre-service Mathematics Teacher Education.- Chapter 18 Post-Service Education of Mathematical Teachers.- Chapter 19 A study of the status of teacher's professional knowledge.- Chapter 20 Chinese Teachers'Beliefs about Mathematics Teaching.- Section VI The Evaluation of Mathematics Education.- Chapter 21 The assessment of mathematics classroom instruction in primary and secondary schools.- Chapter 22 Primary and Secondary Mathematics Selective Examinations.- Chapter 23 Practice and Theoretical Thinking in Constructing a Developmental Assessment System for Mathematics Ability.