Mathematics for Makers and Mathematics for Users

Alexandre V. Borovik ()
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Alexandre V. Borovik: The University of Manchester, School of Mathematics

A chapter in Humanizing Mathematics and its Philosophy, 2017, pp 309-327 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The current crisis in the school-level mathematics education is a sign that it reaches a bifurcation point and will inevitably split into two streams: • education for a selected minority of children/young people who, in their adult lives, will be filling increasingly small share of jobs which really require mathematics competence (I call them makers); and• awareness classes for the rest of population, end users of technology saturated by mathematics which however will remain invisible to them.In this paper, I discuss challenges arising in mathematics education for the makers. This is a theme which is rarely discussed in the mathematics education literature. It demands re-thinking of basic assumptions underpinning the mainstream mathematics education.I invite the reader to discard taboos and start a frank and open discussion of this difficult problem:What is Mathematics Education, Really?

Keywords: Mathematics Education; Baboonian; Shared Intuitions; Troop Males; Vote Leave Campaign (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61231-7_22

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