<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Quality primary education is one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Undoubtedly, mathematics plays a key role in overcoming future challenges, and mathematical competence and problem-solving skills could help provide appropriate solutions to current and future social, environmental and economic challenges. The following paper deals with <italic>Sustainability in Basic Mathematics Education</italic> as a great number of students experience anxiety in learning mathematics. The literature-based research text explores the following question: <italic>How should a sustainable primary education in mathematics be implemented and which concrete pedagogical initiatives need to be taken?</italic> The present article addresses why some students encounter challenges in learning mathematics at the beginning of their education in school. Moreover, it demonstrates how competent teaching could decrease students’ difficulties and in learning mathematics.</p></abstract>

Quality primary education is one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Undoubtedly, mathematics plays a key role in overcoming future challenges, and mathematical competence and problem-solving skills could help provide appropriate solutions to current and future social, environmental and economic challenges. The following paper deals with Sustainability in Basic Mathematics Education as a great number of students experience anxiety in learning mathematics. The literature-based research text explores the following question: How should a sustainable primary education in mathematics be implemented and which concrete pedagogical initiatives need to be taken? The present article addresses why some students encounter challenges in learning mathematics at the beginning of their education in school. Moreover, it demonstrates how competent teaching could decrease students’ difficulties and in learning mathematics.

A Sustainable Way of Teaching Basic Mathematics

Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education

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Quality primary education is one of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Undoubtedly, mathematics plays a key role in overcoming future challenges,...

A Sustainable Way of Teaching Basic Mathematics

Data publikacji: 31 gru 2020

Zakres stron: 106 - 120

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2020-0021

Słowa kluczowe
sustainability, basic education in mathematics, primary school, didactics, teacher training, arithmetic difficulties, dyscalculia

© 2020 Anita Summer, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

A Sustainable Way of Teaching Basic Mathematics

Data publikacji: 31 gru 2020

Zakres stron: 106 - 120

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/dcse-2020-0021

Słowa kluczowesustainability, basic education in mathematics, primary school, didactics, teacher training, arithmetic difficulties, dyscalculia

© 2020 Anita Summer, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Słowa kluczowe
sustainability, basic education in mathematics, primary school, didactics, teacher training, arithmetic difficulties, dyscalculia