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IJARW1032 International Journal of All Research Writings 16
PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES IN MATHEMATICS: INDIAN
PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES.
Kaushik Das
Assistant Professor (CWTT, College Appointed) of B. Ed. Department, Gobardanga Hindu College, West Bengal-743273, India.
ABSTRACT
The present study examined the major practices of the Pedagogical Approaches in Mathematics
Education. The present paper explores the responsibility of Mathematics Teachers & finds out the
problems and challenges to integration Mathematics and Pedagogical knowledge. In this article, the
researcher finds out the pedagogical outcomes in mathematics classrooms at school & college level.
This study tries to present the Pedagogical Approaches in the teaching-learning of mathematics class
in India as a shadow. The methodology of the study is a mixed type involving interpretative approach
where qualitative data were collected and study secondary sources, like books, articles, journal, thesis,
university news, expert opinion and websites etc. Finally, meaningful suggestions are offered.
Keyword: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Teaching, Pedagogical Approaches, Pedagogical
Content Knowledge, Teacher Education, Teaching-Learning.
1. INTRODUCTION
Modern countries see the value of building a
mathematical educated society and always expect
strong mathematical elites that can shape the
knowledge economy of the 21st century. India,
with its strong mathematical heritage, is expected
to gain a foothold in world mathematics. However,
this may be unreasonable and unexpected, as
India has long been suffering from the problem of
local poverty and even public education has
become a challenge. Responds to the National
Curriculum Framework (henceforth "NCF 2005")
and directs the development of new curriculum
and textbooks based on how children actively
build knowledge, through social and cultural
practices (National Council for Educational
Research and Training [NCERT], 2005). The
preparation of the teaching of mathematics for the
NCF 2005 position (NCERT, 2006a) states that the
primary goal of mathematics education is the
development of "mathematics of the child's
thought processes" and "the child's internal
source of growth." It continues to argue for
"shifting from content to process", suggesting
multiple approaches, to exempt school math from
"oppressing the correct answer obtained by
applying an algorithm that has been taught." It
specifically emphasizes the need for various
processes such as "formal problem solving, use of
heuristics, estimation and estimation,
optimization, use of patterns, visualization,
presentation, logic and proof, connection making,
and mathematical communication". No general
methods or new viewpoints were arrived at in any
area of mathematics and, certainly, the Hindus
(i.e., the Indians) did not appreciate the
significance of their contribution (Joseph, 1994).
My intention here is to continue this line of inquiry
with a discussion of an Indian context to
mathematics education. This analysis rests on the
assumption that India is not a static ideology but
rather a dynamic strategy for understanding the
thinking and experiences of Indian students in
mathematics Pedagogies. Moreover, my analysis is
intended to contribute to the emerging literature
on culturally relevant pedagogy. Recently a
holistic recognition of the interpenetration of
biology and culture has opened up a fertile ground
of research on culture and mathematical cognition
(see, for example, [4]). These comments invite us
to look at the history of mathematics before we
study mathematics. These comments invite you to
look at the history of mathematics in a broader
context so that it can be easily incorporated into
other possible forms of mathematics. But we will
go further than this consideration. This is not
mere academic practice, as its impact on
mathematics education is clear enough. We,
therefore, refer to the recent advances in theories
of cognition. This shows how strongly culture and
knowledge are related and, although for a long
time a close connection between cognitive
processes and cultural environments has been