Course-5 Understanding Disciplines and School Subjects pmd

2.5.4. Let Us Summarise
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Learning of Mathematics helps in daily life of an individual.
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Mathematics should be considered as a core subject area in school curriculum
due to its wide applications.
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As per National Curriculum Framework (2005), mathematisation of the mind
of the child will be the vision of school Mathematics.
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The narrower aim of teaching school Mathematics is to develop useful capa-
bilities, particularly those relating to numeracy- numbers, its operations, mea-
surements, decimals and percentages.
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The higher aim is to develop the child's resources to think and reason math-
ematically, to pursue assumptions to their logical conclusions and to handle
abstractions.
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In order to fulfil the vision of mathematisation, curriculum should be con-
structed based on measurable and attainable objectives.
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While developing Mathematics curriculum with a vision of mathematisation,
curriculum designers should keep in mind some basic principles of curriculum
development.
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Some of the curricular concerns like teacher preparation, pedagogical- Math-
ematics approaches, student assessment, etc, needs to be taken care of, while
developing the curriculum.
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Appropriate topics need to be included in Mathematics curriculum at various
stages of school education.
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Shift from subject-centred curriculum to constructivist approaches like learner-
centred and activity-centred curriculum and their benefits.