Rods, Sets and Arrows: The Rise and Fall of Modern Mathematics in Belgium (Paperback, 2019)

Part I. From Intuitive Geometry Toward Modern Mathematics: Call for Educational Reform in the Aftermath of World War II.- Chapter 1. Reform Pedagogy and the Introduction of Intuitive Geometry in Secondary School Mathematics.- Chapter 2. Revival of International Collaboration in Mathematics Education During the 1950s.- Chapter 3. Search for National Identity: Willy Servais and the Belgian Society of Mathematics Teachers.- Chapter 4. From Royaumont to Athens: Belgian Reformers on the International Scene.- Part II. The Modern Mathematics Era.- Chapter 5. Preparing for the Introduction of Modern Mathematics into the Classroom: Experimentation and Teacher Training.- Chapter 6. Mathematique Moderne: A Pioneering Belgian Textbook Series Shaping the Modern Mathematics Reform of the 1960s.- Chapter 7. Modern Mathematics in Belgian Secondary and Primary Education: Between Radicalism and Pragmatism.- Part III. In Search of a New Balance.- Chapter 8. From Critique to Math War: A Divided Community of Belgian Mathematics Teachers.- Chapter 9. The Fall of Modern Mathematics in Flanders: From Structuralism to Eclecticism.- Chapter 10. A Joint Action to Reshape Mathematics Education in the French Community of Belgium.