Mathematics in Mexico: Structure of the system,Students achievement

and Impact of educacation research

Carlos Bosch GiralInstituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México

January 29nd. , 2014

• Primary school ( 6 grades 6 to 12 years old)

• Secondary school (3 grades, 13 to 16)

• Reforms coming from the ministry of education in 2013

Reforms on 2013: Goals

• Better quality in the basic education (primary and secondary) ending in better results in Pisa.

• Get back the leadership of the Mexican goverment in the national educational system

• Increase in the enrollment and the quality of the education at high schools, colleges and universities.

Reforma educativaElementos

Teaching is on the centre of education and that is done by teachers

• In general the set of teachers is not adecuate for the actual needs. Several classes are taught by unqualify teachers.

• A better initial trianing is needed.• We need better teachers• We need to help them to become

better teachers

Plan de Estudios de 1997

I II III IV V VI VII VIII Bases filosóficas, legales y organizativas del sistema educativo mexicano

La educación en el desarrollo histórico de México I

La educación en el desarrollo histórico de México II

Temas selectos de Pedagogía I

Temas selectos de Pedagogía II

Temas selectos de Pedagogía III

Trabajo docente I

Trabajo docente II

Problemas y

políticas de la educación básica

Matemáticas y su enseñanza I

Matemáticas y su enseñanza II

Ciencias naturales y su enseñanza I

Ciencias naturales y su enseñanza II

Asignatura regional II

Propósitos y contenidos de la Educación Primaria

Español y su enseñanza I

Español y su enseñanza II

Geografía y su enseñanza I

Geografía y su enseñanza

Planeación de la enseñanza y evaluación del aprendizaje

Desarrollo Infantil I

Desarrollo Infantil II

Necesidades Educativas Especiales

Historia y su enseñanza I

Historia y su enseñanza II

Gestión escolar

Estrategias para el estudio y la comunicación I

Estrategias para el estudio y la comunicación II

Educación Física I

Educación Física II

Educación Física III

Educación artística III

Educación artística I

Educación artística II Formación

ética y

cívica en la

escuela primaria II

Asignatura regional I

Formación ética y cívica en la

escuela primaria I

Escuela y contexto social

Iniciación al trabajo escolar

Observación y práctica docente I

Observación y práctica docente II

Observación y práctica docente III

Observación y práctica docente IV

Seminario de análisis del trabajo docente

Seminario de análisis del trabajo docente

Programs in 2012

• Arithmetic: teaching and learning process• Algebra :teaching and learning process• Geometry: teaching and learning process • Process the statistic information

Student achievment

Pisa Mexico

Year 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 real-expected-OCDE

Mathematics 387 385 409 419 413 – 435 - 494

Reading 422 400 410 425 424 – 435 - 496

Observations• México (413) is below Canada(518), Spain (484)

USA (481)and Chile (423); similar level as Uruguay and Costa Rica and above Brazil (391), Argentina (388), Colombia (376) y Perú

(368)• 55% of the mexican students of mathematics do

not reach the basic level 2 (average of OCDE: 23%)

• Best mexicans reach 539 which is the average in Japan

The worst

• In 32 from the 34 OCDE countries, more than 90% of 15 years old persons are enrolled in schools.

• In Mexico this index is below 70%• Union and the way teachers they are

hire

Mathematics Competitions

Concurso de Primavera and Competencia Cotorra Students from to 15 years oldMore than 500 000 (half a million) of participantsExcellent results in Olimpiada de Mayo and Olimpiada Rioplatense(first or second)Olimpiada Mexicana de Matemáticas (2 golds)2010 --- 332011 --- 22 2012 --- 312013 --- 17

Impact of education research

Main lines of research in mathematics education in Mexico

• Arithmetic: Fractions and proportions in primary and secondary school. Impact in the programs and the recommendations for the teachers (little)

• Algebra: The concept of variable. Impact in the programs (little)

• Geometry: Primary and secondary school (little)• Statistics and probability (almost no impact) • Problem solving (Impact on the approach)

• There is a very important centre of mathematical education research. (Cinvestav)

• There are more people with a mathematics education degree than a degree in mathematics.

• Their impact in mathematics education is very low.

Conclusions

• There is something that need to be done since we are getting behind.

• This is not only Mexico. • We need to do something

together!!!!!!