We must feel so happy,when we get opportunity to learn Mathematics in Sains and Mathematics Education Faculty in a University as like as Yogyakarta State University. Mathematics Education is one of the program which have good character. In mathematics education we learn start continuely. It’s start when people at child until they are become to old people.
The matematics substance is always be increas from base or elementary until high level. In Sains and Mathematics faculty,there are two branch majors of Matematics,pure Science Mathematics and Mathematics Education. It’s very diferrence,because the last goal of them are differerce too. In Mathematics Education,the expectation of that is to be an educator or lecturer as teacher. As a teacher we must can be learning all of the student in any age. And we also try to understand them,because they are compossing people,who consist from difference background.
In there,we must can comparing the level of age student with litlle beat of them. We must know the method when we learning mathematics at Pre-Elementary(Kindy Garden),Elementary School,Junior High School,Senior High School and at University. Except it cause of different of age,it also know that the goal and subatance or range are different too. So the method which we use when we as a teacher are different too. In Kindy Garden we learing mathematics as a litlle base knowledge,in here it’s more than based as a games and it will be give happy to the child. Be different with younger student,the students in here more than learn to get the concrete mathematics substance. Whereas in older people,they study it to abstraction it,so they can planing the mathematics education in they days. They will be an idealizem people who know the value of mathematics.
In these case,we can see the different of it,when we meet a problem
4 7
Which the numbers are more big than other?
| child | adult |
| The answer is 4, 4 is more big than 7 because the size of 4 more big than the size of 7 | The answer is 7, 7 is more big than 4,because the value of 7 is more big than 4 |
From that we must know that the thinking system of they are difference. In here we must know not only about nature of mathematics but also know about the nature of School Mathematics too. Obey of Ebbult & Straker(1995) they said that
· Mathematics is a search for pattern or relationship
· Mathematics is problem solving activity
· Mathematics is investigation activity
· Mathematics is a mean of communication
Be sides it we must can build a good attitude of student,as like as
1. The student have good motivation and apretiation
2. The student learn mathematics individuality
3. The student learn in colaboration with others
4. The student learn mathematics in contex
