TNTEU - BEd New Syllabus - Semester 1 - BD1MA - Pedagogy of Mathematics - Unit I - Aims and Objectives of Teaching Mathematics - Nature of Mathematics

1. PEDAGOGY OF MATHEMATICS
Ms R SRIDEVI
Assistant Professor of Pedagogy of Mathematics
Loyola College of Education
Chennai 34
UNIT I
AIMSANDOBJECTIVESOF TEACHINGMATHEMATICS
NATURE OF MATHEMATICS
SEMESTER I
CODE BD1MA

2. • Meaning of Mathematics
• Nature of Mathematics
• Aims and Objectives of
Mathematics
• Need and Significance of
teaching Mathematics
• Instructional objectives
• Bloom’s Taxonomy 2001
(Anderson & Krathwohl)
• Correlation between subjects

3. NATURE
OF
MATHEMATICS

4. Science of
Discovery
An
Intellectual
game
The art of
drawing
conclusions
A tool subject
A system of
logical processes
An intuitive
method

5. • Mathematics has its own language
like mathematical concepts, symbols,
formulae & etc.
• The knowledge of Mathematics
remains the same in the whole
universe, everywhere and every time.
It is not changeable.
• Mathematics is an exact science. Its
knowledge is always very clear, logical
and systematic.

6. • It provides a clear and exact
response like YES or NO; RIGHT or
WRONG.
• It is the science of logical reasoning.
• It is related with each aspects of
human being.
• Its knowledge applied in the study of
science and its different branches.