Develop Math Teaching

Mathematics education is the practice of teaching and learning mathematics, along with the associated scholarly research. In my opinion, we should happy about math education because it’s not many only view of young people consist in mathematics education. Therefore, we have to know how to teach math as possible so students interested studying mathematics. In math teaching, there are four level of teaching. That is spiritual level, normative level, formal level and material level. In every level have purpose itself. In spiritual level explain about spiritual, future, vision, goal and ways of life. In normative level explain about law, education system, decree, paradigm of education, theory of education. In formal level explain about book, curriculum and syllabus. In material level explain about condition of class, teach content, the student, the physical of building.

There are two opinion about teaching, traditional teaching and progressive teaching. Although, both of traditional and progressive have similarity that is make people educated but they have several different.

a.       Paradigm/ Theory of education

In traditional teaching, teacher as to teach and teach is to give and transfer of knowledge. Student as empty vase which only receive knowledge of teacher and be passive. But it reform to be progressive teaching. Here student as seed which let grow in their way, developing to be active learner and to construct their own knowledge. Teacher just as facilitator/ dynamist in their grow.

b.      Curriculum

Traditional teaching use curriculum 1975 and 1980. While progressive teaching use KTSP where we translate by self.

c.       Condition class

In traditional teaching usually use one method that is expository math, explain, give example and give task.

d.      Book

Traditional teaching just text book oriented, but in progressive teaching it develop by teacher with appropriate the competence of student.

e.       System/ Paradigm Learn

The last result fixed by UNAS (traditional teaching). In progressive teaching, class room base assessment  and base of the process.

mathematics education

As we know, mathematics is taught to us since kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, senior high school untill college right now. Not only that, math is used as long as our life. For example when people calculate income, total expenditure and many others. Mathematicsis meaningfull. Many people pay attwntion about the development of mathematics. Mathematics used in a variety of selection criteria. Math can be usedto select or filter data. like the selection of candidates for public test, police, student or employee. Because that mathematics became popular and very important to learn. But some people think mathematicsa is frightening and complicated. that thing became the challenge for us as a candidate of mathematics teacher on how to build the perception that math is easy.

In my opinion, we should happy about math education because it's not many only view of young people consistly in math education. However, we have to empower math education. We have to make sure that we are on the right track like competence, facility and family. To achieve our goal or vision, we need to understand both of inside ourself and outside. So that, our live meaningfull we have to struggle to not be blind and empty. Therefore we have to fill in with knowledge.\

We have to transform from child to be younger people and to be older people. Live can meaning as characteristic. We are characteristic which transform to be another characteristic. As an adult people, we are not depend by teacher or lecturer. We aware by ourself. In past day, teacher was the one source. But nowadays, knowledge found in many source. The aspect of teacher to prepare student different with teacher previously.