Conclusion: Future Visions of the Impact of Internationalisation and Globalisation on School Mathematics Curriculum

Abstract

The ICMI Study 24 Discussion Document and its research questions for theme D focused our attention on drivers that have influenced changes in the school mathematics curriculum. These were addressed in the previous texts of the theme Globalisation and internationalisation, and their impacts on mathematics curriculum reforms. In the Introduction, we identified “international drivers of the curriculum”. In Chap. 21, we examined the evolving definitions of numeracy and mathematical literacy. In Chap. 22 we surveyed the role of international assessments, namely PISA and TIMSS, in shaping curriculum reforms internationally and locally ; and in Chap. 23, we discuss the inclusion of computational (algorithmic) thinking in mathematics curriculum reforms.