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The pedagogy of mathematics - Is there a unifying logic? (Paperback)
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The pedagogy of mathematics - Is there a unifying logic? (Paperback)
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The teaching of mathematics proceeds from simple calculations to
complex conceptualisations. As numerical figures and symbols and
shapes morph towards complex abstractions, there seems to be a
`natural selection' in society between a few who experience sheer
joy from the subject and phobia for the majority. Today, the world
places great value on mastering mathematics as a basis for
integration into the world of work in a global epoch of rapid
technological change. Thus, understandably, most nations obsess
about their ability to impart and absorb mathematical knowledge.
Global comparative studies on that issue are taken as grounds for
national pride and self-perceptions of intelligence. Sheer horror
greets poor outcomes; the empirical and the substantive merge into
a confounding vortex of misconceptions. Finger-pointing and
hyperbole ensue, and politics enters the fray in its most shameful
and destructive forms. Post-1994, South Africa has had its own
share of self-flagellation. There has been much research on the
reasons behind the country's poor comparative performance. While
there have been some improvements in the recent period, those are
barely enough. This book on the pedagogy of mathematics reasserts
some of the findings of previous studies. Those relate to: the
impact of a racist system that perversely reckoned that keeping
mathematical knowledge from the oppressed would prove their
supposed inferiority; the relevance of the language of teaching;
changing school curricula, and the questions of how to speed up
movement from universal access to better outcomes. The authors go
beyond that to pose the simple but telling question: why, at all,
do we teach mathematics, and what is its actual utility to life? As
this book clearly reveals, teaching mathematics through dialogue
that is linked to a concrete social environment is fundamental to
speeding up the improvements South Africa has started to
experience. So are the joint efforts of government, the unions, and
private partners to improve the situation.
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