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  • Social and Cultural Anthropology

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do. This Very Short Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology combines an accessible account of some of the disciplines guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work. Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropologys most important contributions to ... Read more

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  • The Learning and Teaching of Calculus

    Ideas, Insights and Activities

    Series series IMPACT: Interweaving Mathematics Pedagogy and Content for Teaching
    This book is for people who teach calculus – and especially for people who teach student teachers, who will in turn teach calculus. The calculus considered is elementary calculus of a single variable. The book interweaves ideas for teaching with calculus content and provides a reader-friendly overview of research on learning and teaching calculus along with questions on educational and ... Read more

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  • Working with the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic in Mathematics Education

    A Comprehensive Casebook

    Series series European Research in Mathematics Education
    This book presents the main research veins developed within the framework of the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic (ATD), a paradigm that originated in French didactics of mathematics. While a great number of publications on ATD are available in French and Spanish, Working with the Anthropological Theory of the Didactic in Mathematics Education is the first directed at English-speaking ... Read more

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  • Tools and Mathematics

    Series series Education (R0)
    This book is an exploration of tools and mathematics and issues in mathematics education related to tool use. The book has five parts. The first part reflects on doing a mathematical task with different tools, followed by a mathematician's account of tool use in his work. The second considers prehistory and history: tools in the development from ape to human; tools and mathematics in the ancient ... Read more

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    Social and Cultural Anthropology

    A Very Short Introduction

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    "If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do," write the authors of Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction. This engaging overview of the field combines an accessible account of some of the discipline's guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work.Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by ... Read more

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