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http://dx.doi.org/10.7468/mathedu.2017.56.1.101

A Study on Reconstruction of Trigonometry Based on Ascent from the Abstract to the Concrete  

Kang, Mee Kwang (Department of Mathematics, Dongeui University)
Han, Inki (Department of Mathematics Education, Gyeongsang National University)
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The Mathematical Education / v.56, no.1, 2017 , pp. 101-118 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this article we study a reconstruction of mathematical knowledge on trigonometry by the method of ascent from the abstract to the concrete from the pedagogical viewpoint of dialectic. The direction of education is shifting in a way that emphasizes the active constitution of knowledge by the learning subjects from the perspective that knowledge is transferred from the teacher to the student. In mathematics education, active discussions on the construction of mathematical knowledge by learners have been going on since the late 1990s. In Korea, concepts and aspects of constructivism such as operational constructivism, radical constructivism, and social constructivism were introduced. However, examples of practical construction according to the direction of construction of mathematical knowledge are very hard to find. In this study, we discuss the direction of the actual construction of mathematical knowledge and suggest a concrete example of the actual construction of trigonometry knowledge from a constructivist point of view. In particular, we discuss the process of the construction of theoretical knowledge, the ascent from the abstract to the concrete, based on the literature study from the pedagogical viewpoint of dialectic, and show how to construct the mathematical knowledge on trigonometry by the method of ascent from the abstract to the concrete. Through this study, it is expected to introduce the new direction and new method of knowledge construction as 'the ascent from the abstract to the concrete', and to present the possibility of applying dialectic concepts to mathematics education.
Keywords
Trigonometry; reconstruction of mathematical knowledge; abstract; concrete;
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