A Critical Approach to School Mathematical Knowledge: The Case of "Realistic" Problems in Greek Primary School Textbooks for Seven-Year-Old Pupils

Autor/inn/en	Zacharos, Konstantinos; Koustourakis, Gerassimos
Titel	A Critical Approach to School Mathematical Knowledge: The Case of "Realistic" Problems in Greek Primary School Textbooks for Seven-Year-Old Pupils
Quelle	In: Acta Didactica Napocensia, 4 (2011) 1, S.39-50 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2065-1430
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Textbooks; Mathematics Instruction; Elementary School Mathematics; Mathematical Concepts; Grade 2; Graduate Students; Teaching Methods; Concept Formation; Learning Processes; Context Effect; Teacher Education; Problem Solving; Word Problems (Mathematics); Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Elementare Mathematik; Schulmathematik; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Learning process; Lernprozess; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Problemlösen; Textaufgabe; Griechenland
Abstract	The reference contexts that accompany the "realistic" problems chosen for teaching mathematical concepts in the first school grades play a major educational role. However, choosing "realistic" problems in teaching is a complex process that must take into account various pedagogical, sociological and psychological parameters. This paper presents a selection of problems from the new mathematics textbook of the 2nd grade of Greek primary school which were solved and commented upon by 27 postgraduate students. The results of our research showed that the empirical reference contexts put forward in these problems create many difficulties in their "deciphering", which leads us to conclude that their pedagogical role is problematic. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Babes-Bolyai University. Kogainiceanu 1, Cluj-Napoca, 400084 Romania. e-mail: submit_adn@yahoo.com; Web site: http://adn.teaching.ro
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01