From University Mathematics to Mathematics Education :

Le 10 octobre 2022 à 14:00 - Visioconférence

Présentée par Hefendehl-Hebeker Lisa - Université de Duisburg-Essen

Epistemological demands of the second discontinuity

Mathematics is an organ of knowledge and an infinit refinement of language. It rises out of ordinary language and imagination like a plant out of the soil, and its roots are numbers and simple spatial ideas" (Kähler, 1955). In comparison with their experiences at school, university students of mathematics must cope with a faster pace, a broader scope of material and a higher degree of abstraction and formalization. In addition, they must attain professional habits with accompanying attitudes and norms. When they return to the school as teachers, they must go through a reverse process and go back to the roots. But they should do this in a professional way that is suitable for further developing the naïve view of the learners. The presentation will address the epistemological requirements in this regard.