大学转型期的数学学科

IF 1.1 Q3 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications Pub Date : 2019-06-01 DOI:10.1093/teamat/hry004

Mary McAlinden;Andrew Noyes

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引用次数: 13

摘要

数学教育在发达经济体中受到高度重视，因为它在培养熟练劳动力、经济韧性和社会福利方面发挥着作用。然而，各学科的大学学者经常抱怨本科生对本科生学位课程的数学和数量需求准备不足。在本文中，我们考虑这个问题。我们首先对自然科学（物理、化学和生物学）和社会科学（经济、地理和心理学）大学学习中的数学相关文献进行研究综合，突出了这个问题的国际性。然后，我们开发了一个历史性的全国性案例研究，研究英国大学预科数学是如何发展的，最终导致了最近的一项政策举措，该政策要求在学科内评估数学。最后，通过整合这两个不同的视角，我们讨论了向高等教育过渡的数学相关的更广泛的问题。

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Mathematics in the disciplines at the transition to university

Mathematics education is highly valued in advanced economies due to its role in developing skilled workforces, economic resilience and social wellbeing. However, university academics across disciplines regularly bemoan undergraduate students’ under-preparedness for the mathematical and quantitative demands of undergraduate degree programmes. In this paper we consider this issue. We begin with a research synthesis of relevant literatures on mathematics within university study in the natural sciences (physics, chemistry and biology) and social sciences (economics, geography, psychology) that highlights the international nature of this problem. We then develop an historical national case study of how mathematics for pre-university study in England has evolved, culminating in a recent policy move which mandates the assessment of mathematics within disciplines. Finally, by integrating these two distinct perspectives we discuss wider issues relating to mathematics for the transition to higher education.

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Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

2.40

自引率

25.00%

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期刊介绍： The journal provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences which contribute to the improvement of mathematics teaching and learning for students from upper secondary/high school level through to university first degree level. A distinctive feature of the journal is its emphasis on the applications of mathematics and mathematical modelling within the context of mathematics education world-wide. The journal"s readership consists of mathematics teachers, students, researchers and those concerned with curriculum development and assessment, indeed anyone concerned about the education of users of mathematics.