ORBIS SCHOLAE
ORBIS SCHOLAE

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Orbis scholae is an academic journal published by Charles University, Prague. It features articles on school education in the wider socio-cultural context. It aims to contribute to our understanding and the development of school education, and to the reflection of teaching practice and educational policy.

ORBIS SCHOLAE, Vol 6 No 2 (2012), 41–55

Exploring the Cognitive Dimension of Teaching Mathematics through Scheme-oriented Approach to Education

Milan Hejný

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23363177.2015.39
published online: 06. 02. 2018

abstract

Following H. Freudenthal, E. Fischbein and many other mathematics educators, we consider the main way to improve the teaching of mathematics lies in changing teacher’s educational styles to develop pupils’ creativity and intellectual autonomy. In our interpretation, this means using scheme-oriented education based on the theory of generic models we describe. On the basis of these ideas, a tool for the analysis of teachers’ teaching style is developed. The tool and its application are described in Jirotková’s article in this issue.

keywords: qualities of teaching mathematics; teachers’ pedagogical beliefs; scheme-oriented education; theory of generic models; reflection; teaching style; transmission and constructivist educational styles; goals of mathematics teaching

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