Characteristics of Mathematics Education

As a candidate for mathematics educators, is a must to know and understand the meaning of education itself. Because,how an educator can perform its role if he did not know what purpose. So it is necessary we think deeply about mathematics education

Education is a process to obtain a useful abilities and skills. According to Jonson and Rising, "Math said as an organized knowledge structure, the properties or deductive theories generated based on defined elements, axioms, theories that have been proven to be true." (Jonson and Rising, 1972). Of the two senses mentioned above, it can be concluded that mathematics education is a process that helps people to get an ability or skill in organizing the numbers or symbols in a structured according to rules and theories that have been clearly defined so as to obtain the correct result and can be applied in life .

            To be able to understand math more deeply, we have to like math first. The complexity and crossword puzzles that appear in mathematics the main attraction. We will feel the satisfaction when the puzzle can be solved.
In mathematics were also taught to appreciate a process to find a solution to the problem systematically.As a student majoring in mathematics education we gradually begin to learn math. From studying algebra, statistics, calculus and trigonometry at the beginning of the semester to semester basis for future science. Because of the higher semester adopted increasingly complex also in studying mathematics.

            There are differences between mathematics education and pure mathematics. In pure mathematics they only use their knowledge for themselves while using their knowledge of mathematics education for yourself and others. So in mathematics education to be able to convey his knowledge required to other people. a teacher or professor would have to have the educational background to understand the psychology student. In the process of learning, we as a prospective teacher will meet many types of people. Therefore we must be smart smart in understanding the classroom situation.

            In the basic education level such as Kindergarten, pre-elementary school, junior high school and senior high school learning process is still concrete. A teacher here are required to give examples of a material so that students can more easily understand the lesson. However, the level of further education students are directed to think in abstract immateriality enables the use or application of mathematics in different fields of science and in everyday life. Another specialty of mathematics is a structured pattern. Habituation to think in a structured very useful when used in solving social problems and life.

            Mathematics is an thinking things. In the language of mathematics "to abstract" that is taking certain properties while "to idealize" which is considered perfect existing properties. For example, in mathematics there are acute and obtuse angles. Yet in everyday life there is no such thing as acute angle but we can imagine the acute angle in mind each of us.
The difference between younger people and adult people thinking skills lies in the way of perspective. For younger people begins with the reality of objects of everyday life.
1) Mathematics is the search of  pattern and relationship.
2) Mathematics is a problem solving activity. Existing properties in mathematics is firm. With a firm stance we can solve the problem.
3) Mathematics is investigation activity.
4) Mathematics is a communication

The nature of students studying mathematics
1) That the student have a good motivation and perception
2) That the student learn math individually
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3) That the student learn math in collaboration with other
4) That the student in context