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First Chair of Education @ a University
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Earliest Educ ation Lectures
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US Courses in Education at Universities
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Felix Klein advocates for Teacher knowledge
He advocated that teachers know mathematics well enough to undertake independent reseach. -
First US Professorship in Education @ Iowa
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Klein in Gottingen
Create a center for applied mathematics and technology. Proposed unification of Prussian tech institutes and universities, but unification did not occur. -
New York College for the Training of Teachers established.
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New York College for the Training of Teachers affiliated with columbia University
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Germany & US conduct emperical studies on education
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Poincare stresses mathematical logic.
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France - government decree to reform geometry teaching
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American Mathematical Society President calls for unification of mathematical branches
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International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics Proposed
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International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics Formed
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Establishment of Normal Schools
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First doctoral degree in Mathematics Education
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Reports of Math Ed Lectures in US, Great Britan, Germany, & Belgium
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Study of Secondary Mathematics Teaching
International Congresses of mathematics elect to study mathematics teaching -
Marking of the Beginning of Efforts Reform School Mathematics
Based on reports from International Commission on the teaching of Mathematics