Behaviourism: the bane of school mathematics
作者:
TheodoreA. Eisenberg,
期刊:
International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology
(Taylor Available online 1975)
卷期:
Volume 6,
issue 2
页码: 163-171
ISSN:0020-739X
年代: 1975
DOI:10.1080/0020739750060204
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
This paper discusses the role behaviourism is playing in the current development of school mathematics. A discussion of the underlying philosophy and wide‐spread use of behaviourism concludes with the recommendation that the behaviouristic model should not be used in constructing mathematics curricula. The behaviouristic approach to education seems appropriate only for those aspects of a curriculum which are concerned with skill development. Behaviourism equates training with education, and a blanket adoption of such a philosophy for all of school mathematics misses the heart and essence of the mathematics discipline. This paper argues against embedding mathematics curricula within the behaviouristic framework, and thus presents a plea for us to re‐evaluate the objectives of school mathematics.
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