A number of writers have argued that this is indeed the case with respect to science (Esterhuysen, 1996; Heath, 1996; Kenyon & Kenyon, 1996). In the area of mathematics it is most clearly articulated by Burton (1995, 1996, 1999a), whose argument for a narrative approach has its basis in her stance on mathematics as a socio-cultural artifact, with consequences for pedagogy and the development of under-standing: