Mathematics competence and international mathematics testing: Croatian starting point

Domazet, Mladen and Baranović, Branislava and Matić, Jelena (2013) Mathematics competence and international mathematics testing: Croatian starting point. Sociologija i prostor, 51 (1). pp. 109-131. ISSN 1846-5226 (Print), 1849-0387 (Online)

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Abstract

The article presents a review of the competence-framed concept of compulsory mathematics education and appropriate instruction methods, in light of the international influences on Croatia through comparative ranking in PISA mathematical literacy. We begin by reviewing the conceptual constructs behind social influences on the supra-national development of the literacy/competence concept in mathematics education and assessment, and briefly examine its components and instructional contributions. Within this context we proceed to map past and current, and extrapolate future, changes in the conceptualisation of school mathematics and mathematics teaching in Croatian compulsory education, including recent empirical findings on mathematics instruction in Croatian primary schools. The aim is to examine social and (comparative) political influences on subject-matter and teaching of ‘hard’ school subjects such as mathematics, chart Croatia’s current position according to international assessment and instructional trends, and recommend possible steps in immediate development of educational policy. (IN CROATIAN: Članak donosi pregled koncipiranja obveznog matematičkog obrazovanja kroz kompetencijske ishode te prikladnih metoda poučavanja. Takav pregled daje se u svjetlu međunarodnih utjecaja na koncipiranje matematičkog obrazovanja u Hrvatskoj kroz rangiranje matematičke pismenosti 15-godišnjaka u PISA testiranju. Na početku se obrazlažu konceptualni konstrukti u pozadini društvenih utjecaja na nad-državni razvoj pojma pismenosti/kompetentnosti u obrazovanju i testiranju iz matematike. U tom svjetlu pregledavaju se prošla i sadašnja, te predlažu moguća buduća, određenja i promjene školskog matematičkog obrazovanja i procesa poučavanja matematike u hrvatskim osnovnim školama. Pregled empirijskih istraživanja praksi i stavova o matematičkom obrazovanju u posljednjih nekoliko godina komplement je pregledu teoretskih određenja. Cilj je istražiti i prikazati društvene i (komparativne) političke utjecaje na sadržaj i poučavanje ‘čvrstih’ školskih predmeta kao što je matematika, obilježiti trenutnu hrvatsku poziciju po međunarodnim testiranjima i empirijskim istraživanjima stavova učenika i nastavnika, te preporučiti moguće neposredne korake u razvoju obrazovne politike u području matematičkog obrazovanja.)

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Language: English. Title in Croatian: Matematička kompetencija i međunarodna testiranja matematike: hrvatsko polazište.
Uncontrolled Keywords: PISA testing, competence, literacy, mathematics, instruction, problem-based learning, compulsory education in Croatia (PISA testiranje, kompetencije, pismenost, matematika, poučavanje, učenje kroz rješavanje problema, obvezno obrazovanje u Hrvatskoj)
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
L Education > L Education (General)
Depositing User: Karolina Vranješ
Date Deposited: 18 Feb 2015 14:20
Last Modified: 03 Mar 2015 11:15
URI: http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/42

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