Curriculum traditions in Berlin and Hong Kong: a comparative case study of the implemented mathematics curriculum.

Autor/inn/en	Lui, Ka Wai; Leung, Frederick Koon Shing
Titel	Curriculum traditions in Berlin and Hong Kong: a comparative case study of the implemented mathematics curriculum.
Quelle	In: ZDM : mathematics education, 45 (2013) 1, S. 35-46 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1863-9690; 1863-9704
DOI	10.1007/s11858-012-0387-0
Schlagwörter	Fallstudie; Vergleich; Didaktik; Curriculum; Mathematikunterricht; Tradition; Berlin; Hongkong
Abstract	Many studies have revealed that there is a strong dependence on cultural traditions in mathematics teaching in different countries. Education in Germany is influenced by the Central and North European Didaktik tradition, while that in East Asia is influenced by Confucian heritage culture. However, there have not been studies investigating the relationships between these two cultural traditions and their influences on teaching and learning. This study aims at filling this gap in knowledge. Some commonalities in the aims and beliefs in the underlying philosophies in education in traditional China and Germany were found and are presented in this paper. Specifically, the relationship between cultural traditions and the implemented mathematics curriculum was investigated, using Berlin and Hong Kong as examples. It was found that culture affects the implemented curriculum in a complicated way and that other factors such as the intended curriculum and textbooks may also influence the implemented curriculum.
Erfasst von	FIZ Karlsruhe - Leibniz-Institut für Informationsinfrastruktur
Update	2013/4