ISBN:
9789401736824
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (VII, 264 p)
,
digital
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
Series Statement:
Mathematics Education Library 33
Parallel Title:
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Keywords:
Education
;
Mathematics
;
Learning.
;
Instruction.
;
Mathematics—Study and teaching .
;
Learning, Psychology of.
Abstract:
The cultural and practical significance of mathematics in our society contrasts strikingly with the way adolescents experience mathematics in school. Mathematics teaching, it appears, succeeds in promoting abilities related to systematical and critical thinking, to problem solving, and to formulating rational arguments only for a minority of students. Why Teach Mathematics presents detailed arguments for seven interconnected objectives of a school system aiming at general education. A specific concept of general education involving these seven objectives serves as a criterion for a critique of the current widespread form of mathematics instruction, identifying its deficits and determining which innovations are necessary. Existing concepts of mathematics teaching are reexamined and assessed in the light of the concept of general education. Finally, the book provides a profile of an alternative mathematics instruction that can, indeed, help to realize a general education
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-017-3682-4
URL:
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