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This article presents data about views of mathematics collected through a national survey of teachers of mathematics education in Canadian universities. The results are compared to those obtained through a similar survey of university teachers of mathematical sciences carried out earlier.
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Mura, R. Images of mathematics held by university teachers of mathematics education. Educ Stud Math 28, 385–399 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01274080
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