Starting with introductory chapters by key researchers in the area, the book brings forth chapters for each of the KOM framework’s eight mathematical competencies, authored by Nordic researchers in combination with international scholars. The KOM framework also operates with three types of overview and judgement, which are specifically addressed in relation to the role of digital technologies in the third part of the book. The fourth and final part of the book broadens the scene and provides chapters of a more perspective nature in relation to mathematical competencies in the digital era. The book’s preface is by Susanne Prediger.
Uffe Thomas Jankvist is professor of mathematics education at Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark. His research interests involve the use of history of mathematics in mathematics education, digital technologies in the teaching and learning of mathematics, the role of interdisciplinarity when teaching mathematics, students’ mathematics specific learning difficulties, and implementation research related to mathematics education. In collaboration with E. Geraniou, he has also done research on students’ and teachers’ mathematical digital competencies.
Eirini Geraniou is associate professor of mathematics education at the UCL Institute of Education, University College London, London, United Kingdom. Her research interests involve the use of digital technologies for the learning and teaching of mathematics, the design and implementation of bridging resources and media for mathematical learning with digital technologies, and students’ mathematical thinking and computational thinking. In collaboration with U. T. Jankvist, she has also done research on students’ and teachers’ mathematical digital competencies.