Thoughts on Different Types of Mathematical Enculturation at the Secondary-Tertiary-Transition

authored by

Lukas Maximilian Günther, Reinhard Hochmuth

Abstract

In this paper, different courses of mathematical enculturation during the transition from school- to university-level mathematics are identified and illustrated. To achieve this, we reinterpret mathematical enculturation within a socio-cultural perspective of mathematics, viewing the learning of mathematics as a process of transformative education. We consider experiences of foreignness and crisis that arise due to cultural differences between educational institutions during the secondary- tertiary transition. On this basis, different responses to these experiences can be distinguished: (a) rejective, (b) assimilative or (c) productive.

Organisation(s)

Abteilung Mathematikdidaktik
Institute of the Teaching of Mathematics and Physics

Type

Conference contribution

Publication date

2023

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes

Electronic version(s)

https://hal.science/hal-04406688 (Access: Open)