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Minggu, 27 November 2011

To Uncover Multicultural Psychological Aspects/Phenomena of (Mathematics) Education

By: Indah Septia Dewi N/10313244029
International Mathematics Education 2010
Each country has different way to teach Mathematics to students. The method that be used are very diverse. The method of teaching is depends on the capabilities and readiness of students. Many experts do research to find the best method to teach students and to find the problem of study.
There are many conferences that be held to discuss about problem of mathematics teaching or development of teaching method and development of science. One of them is APEC-UBON Ratchatani International Symposium 2011 that be held in Thailand on 2-5 November 2011 with theme Innovation on Problem Solving - Based Mathematics Textbooks and E-Textbooks.There are many experts that presented their paper about mathematics education.
One of the invited speakers that presented his paper is Mr. Marsigit from Indonesia. He presented about teachers’ simulation on developing problem solving-based mathematics textbook in vocational senior high school mathematics teaching in Indonesia. Prof. Vivotsky from Russia present about how are the theorem of probability learning in junior high school. Prof. Udit from Thailand presented about modeling problem solving.
There is open class in one section on that conference and mathematics seminary. In the open class, students of first grade requested to calculating using models and looked by all audience of conferences. They divided into some group. The students in each group have to calculate how many dragonfly that contains in the paper. The first is makes the students feel comfort and enjoy. They can do anything on that class. Even the students enjoy with the process of study, but they more difficult to calculating the dragonfly.
Teaching aid like replica of dragonfly be expected to make students more understand about calculating because students get real experience to calculating something. They calculating real thing, not abstract and just on their mind. But in fact, students feel difficult to count it. After using dragonfly’s models, the teachers using cube to count the sum of dragonfly in the paper. Students take the cubes on the dragonfly’s models and calculating how many cubes that cover the dragonfly.
In the conference Profesot Shizumi Shimizu explained about principle of mathematics activities carried out as problem solving. They are a sequence starting with:
a.       Generating wonder and question; students is given inducement about problem of mathematics, they will curious and wonder about the problem. In the process to find the answer will arise some question about it.
b.      Formulating problems by formalizing them; students asked to the teachers.
c.     Understanding the problems.
d.      Planning.
e.       Implementing; this dealing with counting process.
f.       Reflecting on solution process; students are requested to forward in front of class and present the results.
That more important after students found the answer of the problems is end of a problem solving must be start for next challenge. Students will get motivation to do some problems that more difficult than before. They have completed the competencies required to solve the problem and will find the other problems that will complete the others competencies.
Professor Ishoda Masami as an invited speaker presented about three big problems in mathematics education. Those three big problems are:
a.       The challenge of integrating students’ perspective into teaching practices.
b.      The gap between theories /research and practice.
c    The lack of learning theories on teacher and education.
With the APEC-UBON Ratchatani International Symposium 2011 be expected that quality of mathematics education will be increase. All the problems about education that presented by invited speaker can be solved well. As candidates of mathematics teachers, we have to know about problems in mathematics education and find the way to solve the problems. So we can teach mathematics well and students can enjoy with mathematics.

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