My Story, My Mathematics Education, My Life

Education is not static. It will be improve like time running out. In several years ago, there was traditional education, but today we can say that we have modern education. It is not only more modern in facilities but also in education method. If we take a look in education method, we can compare the last method and the new ones. In previous method, it was teacher center. Students were passive person. Teacher more active and told them about subject. Now, student must be more active. Teachers are facilitators. Teaching method can use presentation, discussion, etc. Like the method, problem in mathematics is also more complex. It is still improve like time running out. Today mathematicians are more clever and genius, so the problem is also more complex. It can’t be solved by old method. In mathematics education, there is a method that based on environmental problem. It because the problem in daily live will be more complex. Therefore, students must be developing in some side: 1.      

Mathematics term came from Greek “Mathematikos” as a science or “Natheis” as perception, abstract knowledge and deductive, where the conclusion is not from senses experiment but from certain rule by deduction (Indonesian Encyclopedia). It make mathematics teaching has some ways to given to the students. Different ponds different fish. There are also some differences between one country and the others about how they teach mathematics. It because they have own characteristics and own perspective. They have own goal in their education, especially in mathematics teaching. Some country can be compared by using some characteristics. In some American territorial, teacher usually start mathematics teaching by replay the mathematics that be learned before shortly. Besides that, they are also check students homework. After that, teacher will explain about new content of mathematics that is learned that day for example multiplying fraction, calculating the area, etc. Next, student will be giv

By: Eny Sulistyaningsih (10313244017) International Mathematics Education Class ‘10 Mathematics is not only about numbers, formulas, and symbols. Learning mathematics is also learning about how we can use our brain in some several conditions. Because of that mathematics education is not only teach about numbers, formulas, and symbols. Mathematics education is also about feeling. In mathematics education must pay attention about psychological aspect of students. One of the factors that make some student does not like mathematics because when they learn about it, teachers did not pay attention their psychological aspect. Teachers just teach like what they read and learn from the books. Actually, there are some dreads of theoretical notion about mathematics education: 1.       Problem Solving Some people in this world learn mathematics from their school. The ability to think mathematically and to use mathematical thinking to solve problems is an important goal of schooling (Kaye Stace