• The Science & Technology
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• v.30 no.1 s.332
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• pp.85-87
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• 1997

21세기 창조적이고 선도적인 세계 수준의 기초과정의 연구수행을 목표로 지난해 10월 출범한 고등과학원. 고등과학원은 세계 22위 수준인 우리나라 기초과학 수준을 21세기 초까지 세계 10위로 도약시키기 위한 계획아래 노벨상 필즈상 수상자등 국적을 초월한 세계적 석학들을 연구진으로 하여 제3세계 과학자들을 양성하는 첨단과학의 새로운 산실이 될 것이다.

• Communications of Mathematical Education
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.73-88
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• 2022

Mathematics is a way of thinking. To do mathematics means to think mathematically. In other words, mathematics education and mathematics literacy are related. In elementary and secondary school mathematics education in many countries, teaching of mathematics using textbooks is conducted mostly in their native language. So mathematics education takes place while reading, writing, listening, and speaking mathematics. Analysis of mathematics textbooks for the lower grades of undergraduate mathematics shows that most advanced countries in mathematics use excellent undergraduate mathematics textbooks written in their native language. However, the ratio of using imported textbooks from foreign countries is particularly high in the case of textbooks for mathematics majors at Korean universities. In this article, the effect of language used in university mathematics education is analized. In particular, the importance of high-quality leading-edge university mathematics textbooks in native language is introduced by analyzing the case of Bourbaki in France and 'War of language' at the Israel Institute of Technology. The innovation of French university mathematics education in the 20th century began with Bourbaki's 'Fundamentals of Mathematics', a French textbook written in his native language. Israel's Technion and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem continue to teach all subjects in their mother tongue. This has led to produce many Nobel Prize and Fields medal winners in these two countries. This study shows that textbooks and languages used in university mathematics education has affected mathematical literacy.