Coordinates: 52°05′14″N 5°09′56″E / 52.087250°N 5.165563°E / 52.087250; 5.165563 The Freudenthal Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (FIsme) is part of Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
The institute is committed to improve Science and Mathematics Education, and it achieves this through research, education, curriculum development and professionalization. It was founded in 1971 by the German/Dutch writer, pedagogue and mathematician, Professor Hans Freudenthal (1905–1990).
The institute has an international reputation, and is running projects in many countries, in particular in the Netherlands and the USA. Since 2003, an international institute for mathematics education, Freudenthal Institute - USA (Fi-US) was established in collaboration with the Wisconsin University in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Since January 2006 Fi-US has been reallocated to the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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