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Matematikhistoria: en naturlig del av matematikundervisningen?: Svenska gymnasielärares syn på matematikhistoriens plats i undervisningen
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013).
2020 (Swedish)Independent thesis Advanced level (professional degree), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
History of mathematics: a natural part of mathematics education? : Swedish secondary teachers' views on the history of mathematics in teaching (English)
Abstract [en]

Previous research shows that the history of mathematics often plays an obscured role in mathematics education. The purpose of this study was to try to understand how teachers in mathematics perceive and treat the history of mathematics in teaching. To fulfill the purpose of this study qualitative interviews were conducted with four teachers in mathematics. The interviews were recorded, compiled, and analyzed. The result shows that the teachers usually conduct a trivial, and infrequent, mathematical history teaching. The result also shows that one of the main reasons for the deprioritization of the history of mathematics is that teachers do not consider themselves having time – neither for planning nor implementing mathematical history content. The teachers’ interpretation of the curriculum, and the view on what it takes to pass the course, also contribute to the teachers’ perception of mathematical history as something unimportant. Arguments both for and against the history of mathematics are raised in the study, but this is ultimately what it ends up in: the time factor is constantly present, and the history of mathematics does not seem to be important enough to be prioritized.

Abstract [sv]

Det finns forskning som visar att det matematikhistoriska spelar en undanskymd roll inom matematikundervisning. Syftet med denna studie var att försöka förstå hur gymnasielärare i matematik uppfattar och behandlar det matematikhistoriska inom undervisningen. För att uppfylla studiens syfte så genomfördes kvalitativa intervjuer med fyra gymnasielärare i matematik. Intervjuerna spelades in, sammanställdes och analyserades. Resultatet visar att lärarna i huvudsak bedriver en trivial, och sällan  förekommande, matematikhistorisk undervisning. Resultatet visar också att en av de främsta orsakerna till bortprioriteringen är att lärarna inte anser sig ha tid – varken för planering eller genomförande av matematikhistoriskt innehåll. Även lärarnas tolkning av styrdokumenten, och synen på vad som leder till ett godkänt betyg, bidrar till lärarnas uppfattning av matematikhistoria som något oviktigt. Argument både för och emot det matematikhistoriska lyfts i studien, men till slut landar det i detta:  tidsfaktorn är ständigt närvarande, och matematikhistoria tycks inte vara tillräckligt viktigt för att prioriteras.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2020. , p. 40
Keywords [en]
history of mathematics, mathematics education, secondary school, high school, teacher
Keywords [sv]
matematikhistoria, matematikundervisning, gymnasieskolan, lärare
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Mathematics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-78838OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-78838DiVA, id: diva2:1448247
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Mathematics
Educational program
Secondary Education Programme: Upper-Secondary School: Mathematics (300 ECTS credits)
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Available from: 2020-06-29 Created: 2020-06-26 Last updated: 2020-06-29Bibliographically approved

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