Sabtu, 20 November 2010

Indonesian Mathematics Education

Indonesian Mathematics Education



In contemporary education, mathematics education is the practice of teaching andlearning mathematics, along with the associated scholarly research.
Researchers in mathematics education are primarily concerned with the tools, methods and approaches that facilitate practice or the study of practice. However mathematics education research, known on the continent of Europe as the didactics or pedagogy of mathematics, has developed into an extensive field of study, with its own concepts, theories, methods, national and international organisations, conferences and literature. This article describes some of the history, influences and recent controversies.

Objectives

At different times and in different cultures and countries, mathematics education has attempted to achieve a variety of different objectives. These objectives have included:
Methods of teaching mathematics have varied in line with changing objectives.