On the Importance of Subject Matter
in Mathematics Education:
A Conversation with
Erich Christian Wittmann

Kathrin Akinwunmi; Karina Höveler; Susanne Schnell

doi:10.12973/eurasia.2014.1091a

On the Importance of Subject Matter in Mathematics Education: A Conversation with Erich Christian Wittmann

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Kathrin Akinwunmi ¹, Karina Höveler ¹, Susanne Schnell ¹ ^*

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¹ TU Dortmund University, GERMANY^* Corresponding Author

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Particularly in the second half of the 20th century, historical approaches became Erich Christian Wittmann is one of the primary founders of mathematics education research as an autonomous field of work and research in Germany. The interview reflects on his role in promoting mathematics education as a design science and its consequences as well as his view on current developments within the discipline and his activities.

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Erich Christian Wittmann
mathe 2000
mathematics education
structure-genetic
analysis
subject matter
design science

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Akinwunmi, K., Höveler, K., & Schnell, S. (2014). On the Importance of Subject Matter in Mathematics Education: A Conversation with Erich Christian Wittmann. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(4), 357-363. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1091a

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Akinwunmi K, Höveler K, Schnell S. On the Importance of Subject Matter in Mathematics Education: A Conversation with Erich Christian Wittmann. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(4):357-63. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1091a

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Akinwunmi K, Höveler K, Schnell S. On the Importance of Subject Matter in Mathematics Education: A Conversation with Erich Christian Wittmann. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2014;10(4), 357-363. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1091a

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Akinwunmi, Kathrin, Karina Höveler, and Susanne Schnell. "On the Importance of Subject Matter in Mathematics Education: A Conversation with Erich Christian Wittmann". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2014 10 no. 4 (2014): 357-363. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1091a

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Akinwunmi, K., Höveler, K., and Schnell, S. (2014). On the Importance of Subject Matter in Mathematics Education: A Conversation with Erich Christian Wittmann. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 10(4), pp. 357-363. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1091a

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Akinwunmi, Kathrin et al. "On the Importance of Subject Matter in Mathematics Education: A Conversation with Erich Christian Wittmann". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 10, no. 4, 2014, pp. 357-363. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2014.1091a