NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
FACULTY OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Dimitris Chassapis

 Professor Emeritus of Mathematics Education

 

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLISH ON MATHEMATICS EDUCATION TOPICS

In refereed journals

Chassapis, D. (2016). Conceiving mathematics classrooms as activity systems, International Journal for Mathematics in Education, 7, 27- 42.

Chassapis, D. (2013), The history of mathematics as scaffolding for introducing prospective teachers into the philosophy of mathematics, Analytic Teaching and Philosophical Praxis, 34 (1), 69-79.

Chassapis, D. & BaniFaris Dherar (2012), The mediation of hand-held instruments vs. dynamic geometry sofware in the formation of geometric concepts in perpendicular and parallel lines by children in two different cultures, Scientific Bulletin – Educational Sciences Series, 2, 72-86.

 

Zacharos K. & Chassapis, Δ. (2012), Teaching suggestions for the measurement of area in elementary school. Measurement tools and measurement strategies, Review of Science, Mathematics and ICT Education, 6,.

 

Chassapis D. & Kotsakosta M. (2003), Crossing the bridges of Koningsberg in a primary mathematics classroom, Mathematics in School, 32(1), 11-13.

 

Chassapis, D. (1998/99), The mediation of tools in the development of formal mathematical concepts: The compass and the circle as an example,
Educational Studies in Mathematics, 37 (3), 275 –293.

 

Chassapis, D. (1999), On conceptual knowledge and the objects of mathematics, Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, 11, Editor Paul Ernest, Ηλεκτρονική έκδοση http://www.ex.ac.uk/~PErnest/pome11/ [4/1/2009] 

 

Chassapis, D. (1997), The social ideologies of school mathematics applications: a case study of elementary school textbooks, For the Learning of Mathematics, 17, 3, 24-27.

 

 

In conference proceedings

BaniFaris D. & Chassapis D. (2012), The mediation of hand-held instruments vs. dynamic geometry software in the formation of geometric concepts of perpendicular and parallel lines by children in two different cultures. In D.I. Tseles et al. (Eds.), For an open knowledge society: Information technology in energy, environment, economy, society and education. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference eRA-7. Athens: Σύγχρονη Εκδοτική, 167-174.

Chassapis, D. (2012), Reflections on school mathematics experiences: Mathematics teaching as a practice of excluding students from mathematical culture. In S.Kafousi, C. Skoumpourdi & F. Kalavasis (eds.) Proceedings CIEAEM 64 International Conference “Mathematics Education and Democracy: learning and teaching practices”, Rhodes, Greece, 304-309.

 

Chassapis, D. & Giannakopoulou, E., (2012), Numbers in the front page: Mathematics in the news. In S.Kafousi, C. Skoumpourdi & F. Kalavasis (eds.) Proceedings CIEAEM 64 International Conference “Mathematics Education and Democracy: learning and teaching practices”, Rhodes, Greece, 481-485.

 

Giannakopoulou, E. &.Chassapis, D. (2012), Divide minds: Adults’ anxiety towards mathematics. In S.Kafousi, C. Skoumpourdi & F. Kalavasis (eds.) Proceedings CIEAEM 64 International Conference “Mathematics Education and Democracy: learning and teaching practices”, Rhodes, Greece, 256-262.

 

Chassapis D. (2010), Α framing of the world by mathematics: a study of word problems in Greek primary school mathematics textbooks. Στο   U. Gellert, E. Jablonka & C. Morgan (Eds.) Proceedings of the Sixth International Mathematics Education and Society Conference. Belrin: Freie Universität Berlin, 209-218.

 

Chassapis D. & Chatzivasileiou E. (2008), Socio-cultural influences on children’s conceptions of chance and probability.  Στο J.F. Matos, P. Valero & K. Yasukawa (Eds.) Proceedings of the Fifth International Mathematics Education and Society Conference. Lisbon: Centro de Investigação em Educação, Universidade de Lisboa – Department of Education, Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University, 197-206.

 

Chassapis D. (2008), Dancing a Viennese waltz to Wittgenstein’s notes. A reaction to Ole Ravn Christensen’s address. Στο   J.F. Matos, P. Valero & K. Yasukawa (Eds.) Proceedings of the Fifth International Mathematics Education and Society Conference. Lisbon: Centro de Investigação em Educação, Universidade de Lisboa – Department of Education, Learning and Philosophy, Aalborg University

 

Chassapis D. (2008), Τhe influence of a cultural tool on approaching a problem from the history: solving a geometry problem on graph paper. Στο M. Kourkoulos &C. Tzanakis (eds), Proceedings of the 5th International Colloquium on the Didactics of Mathematics, vol. II, University of Crete, Department of Education, Rethymnon,183-191.

 

Chassapis D. (2003), Greek primary schools teachers’ beliefs about mathematical knowledge. In A. Gagatsis & S. Papastavridis (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3nd Mediterranean Conference on Mathematics Education, Hellenic Mathematical Society & Cyprus Mathematical Society, Athens, 409-417.

 

Chassapis D. (2002), Social groups in mathematics education research: An investigation into mathematics education-related research articles published from 1971 to 2000. In P. Valero & O. Skovsmose (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3nd International Mathematics Education and Society Conference, Centre for Research in Learning Mathematics, Copenhagen, 229 - 237.

 

Chassapis, D. (2000), The Relationship of children to mathematical knowledge and its alienation through and by the schooling evaluation practices. In J.F. Matos & M. Santos (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Mathematics Education and Society Conference, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, 224 - 234.

 

 

Invited addresses in international seminars 

 

Chassapis D. (2005), The objects of mathematics education research: Spotting, and commenting on, characteristics of the mainstream. Στο Brian Hudson & Josef Fragner (Eds.) Researching the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics II: Proceedings of MATHED Intensive Programme 2004 & 2005, Trauner Verlag, Linz, 253-270.

 

Chassapis D. (2005), Mathematics education as a scientific discipline: Implicitassumptions and open questions. Στο Brian Hudson & Josef Fragner (Eds.) Researching the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics II: Proceedings of MATHED Intensive Programme 2004 & 2005, Trauner Verlag, Linz, 321-332.

 

Chassapis D. (2005), The mediation of cultural tools in the learning and teaching of mathematics: a selective outline of research issues. Στο Brian Hudson & Klaus Enser (Eds.) Researching the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics I: Proceedings of MATHED Intensive Programme 2003, , Trauner Verlag, Linz, 44-62.

 

 

Chapters in books

 

Chassapis D. (2007), Integrating the philosophy of mathematics in teacher training courses. A Greek case as an example. Στο  François Karen. & Jean Paul Van Bendegem (eds.) Philosophical Dimensions in Mathematical Education, Springer, New York, 61-79.