• Joyless learning.
• Examination system.
• Textbook as the ‘Truth’.
• Structure of syllabus.
*Problem of Curriculum Load
Developing children’s abilities for Mathematisation
• To think and reason mathematically.
• To pursue assumptions to their logical conclusion.
• To handle abstraction.
• Way of doing things , the ability and the attitude to formulate and solve problems.
*MAIN GOAL OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
• To develop useful capabilities particularly those related to numbers and their operations , measurement, decimal and percentage etc.
*NARROW AIM OF SCHOOL MATHEMATICS
• Ambitious
• Coherent
• There should be important principles of mathematics
*CHARACTERISTICS OF CURRICULUM
* SOME PROBLEM’S IN SCHOOL MATHEMATICS
*A majority of children have a sense of fear and failure regarding mathematics
*The curriculum is disappointing not only to this non participating majority, but also to the talented minority by offering them no challenges.
*Problems, exercise and methods of evaluation are mechanical and repetitive with too much
*Teacher has lack of confidence, preparation and support.
*There is no connection between mathematics and other subject of the study.
Children learn to enjoy mathematics rather than fear it.
Children learn importance of mathematics :Mathematics
is more than formulas and mechanical procedures. Children pose and solve meaningful problems. Children use abstractions to perceive relation-ships,
to see structures , to reason out things ,to argue the truth and falsity of statement.
Teacher engage every child in class with the confidence that everyone can learn mathematics.
*VISION FOR SCHOOL MATHEMATICS