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The article reviews five qualitative comparative studies in order to reflect on methods and methology of international comparative research within a qualitative paradigm. The goals, methodologies and theoretical perspectives of these studies are described and compared. Issues such as the different uses of the notion ‘culture’, and the purpose of comparison, are raised and discussed. The question of how comparative research can contribute to better a understanding of the ‘covert culture’ that shapes the mathematics education in different contexts is raised.
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Methode und Methodologie internationaler Vergleichsstudien. die einem qualitativen Paradigma zugeordnet werden können, werden in diesem Artikel reflektiert, indem fünf qualitative vergleichende Studien vorgestellt werden. Es werden Zeile, Methodologien und theoretische Perspektiven dieser Studien beschrieben und verglichen. Außerdem werden grundlegende Fragen erörtert, wie zum Beispiel das Problem der Verwendung des Begriffs ‘Kultur’, oder die inhaltliche Zielsetzung internationaler Vergleichstudien diskutiert. Auch wird die Frage gestellt, wie vergleichende Forschung dazu beitragen kann, ein besseres Verständnis der ‘geheimen Kultur’ zu erlangen, die in verschiedenen Kontexten das Lernen und Lehren von Mathematik formt.
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Knipping, C. Learning from comparing. Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik 35, 282–293 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02656692
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