This book contains a careful description of the standards that future elementary mathematics teachers in Chile should meet after graduation from teacher training. The contents is the result of the work of a broad team of mathematicians and mathematics educators led by the University of Chile to develop Content and Pedagogical Standards for Primary School Teachers Education in Mathematics commissioned by the Chilean Ministry of Education.

This book collects recent research on posing and solving mathematical problems. Rather than treating these two crucial aspects of school mathematics as separate areas of study, the authors approach them as a unit where both areas are measured on equal grounds in relation to each other. The contributors are from a vast variety of countries and with a wide range of experience; it includes the work from many of the leading researchers in the area and an important number of young researchers.

The book is divided in three parts, one directed to new research perspectives and the other...