著者
伊達 文治
出版者
全国数学教育学会
雑誌
数学教育学研究 : 全国数学教育学会誌 (ISSN:13412620)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.13, pp.29-36, 2007 (Released:2019-01-17)
参考文献数
17

This paper is a part of "Research on Cultural Value in Mathematics Education". I grasped and surveyed "mathematics", particularly "the development of mathematics" as cultural elements, and brought their cultural nature into focus. What's more, I went on to examine the present status of Japanese mathematics education from the viewpoint of the cultural nature of development of mathematics in the world. The following issues emerged; (1) Present Japanese mathematics education doesn't grasp the development of mathematics as an organic whole paying attention to its cultural nature. (2) It isn't enough to discuss on the grounds that we did away with traditional Japanese mathematics "Wasan" and adopted only European mathematics from the various mathematics of the world. We should also reflect upon the extent that the learning material is explained haphazardly in the texts etc. without solving those issues. Concerning issue 1, it goes without saying that we must get down to reflecting concretely the development of mathematics into the development of mathematics education. In this paper, I considered issue 2 particularly by clarifying the property of "Wasan" and the decision to accept European mathematics in the Meiji Period and I explored a course for the future Japanese mathematics education. Consequently, I insisted that we need to consider "Wasan" under the spotlight of cultural sociology and that we must proceed to study what culture we appoint to the spirit base of future Japanese mathematics education.