Interdisciplinarity is a vital topicality in contemporary education and science. In general education of Latvia, the concept ‘integrated learning’ is traditionally used. The question is, if interdisciplinary teaching/learning differs from conventional approaches, or it means something completely new in terms of study content organisation and a pupil’s self-regulated learning. In order to find it out, the article analyses the concept of interdisciplinary teaching/learning in comparison with the integrated learning and identifies their common and distinctive features.
Immense transformations occur in the modern society. Values, human rights, democracy, engagement in the life of the local community, school and the society at large are the content issues to be learnt at school which help to develop into responsible citizens of the country. The issues of citizenship education have been more extensively included both in the teaching/learning content and its implementation in all school subjects, including mathematics. Citizenship education is viewed in three aspects: knowledge about the society, skills to form relations with other people, to establish a safe and supporting environment, to follow rules and norms, attitudes to responsibilities and rights. Mathematics as a school subject is a sphere that has been little researched regarding its content and learning strategies in the aspect of citizenship education. The aim of the study is to explore and assess what changes have taken place after the education content reform in the mathematics curriculum in citizenship education. The data in the qualitative study have been obtained employing documentary research. Three criteria with respective indicators have been chosen for the analysis of the mathematics curriculum: civic knowledge, civic skills, civic values and attitudes. The study analyses two curricula of teaching/learning mathematics that are effective in Latvia for basic school (Grades 1–9) and secondary school (Grades 10–12). The results of the analyses are represented in the comparison showing the data obtained in 2013 and data obtained in 2020. The mathematics curriculum has extensively incorporated skills for learning selfrespect and respect for others, developing the capacity to engage with each other, to contribute to a safe environment, as well as the skills to offer the opportunity to experiment practically with democratic principles, working alone, in small and bigger groups, listening to classmates’ opinions and giving arguments for their opinion. The innovation in the new mathematics curriculum is the inclusion of the transversal skills in the learning outcomes, including the civic participation.
Media literacy is important for life in the changing world. Media literacy is the ability to access, analyse, evaluate and communicate information in a variety of forms as well as the ability of individuals to access and understand information through different media tools and platforms, such as television, radio, print media, the Internet and digital technology. The aim of the paper is to analyse the planning of developing the media literacy in the basic education curriculum in Latvia. The study, using the document analysis, has selected the basic education curricula in the new education content project Competencebased approach in the teaching/learning content School 2030 in the following areas: Technologies, Social and civic area, Sciences area. Such criteria as the skill to find the information in the digital environment; the skills to analyse the obtained information; the skill to evaluate the credibility of the information were chosen in the research aspect of developing the media literacy. The study concludes that the skill to find information in different sources and the skill to analyse the found information are purposefully developed in the expected learning outcomes. The development of the skills of evaluating the credibility of the found information, however, needs more attention.
The article describes and analyzes theoretical materials, textbooks about the aspects of the thematic choice in the acquisition of mathematics content using the thematic approach in primary school. Teaching mathematics thematically emphasises the use of applications of mathematics around a central theme whereas teaching in topics predominantly emphasises mathematical content. Mathematics content in the framework of the thematic approach is associated with the development of skills in practical activities the so called ‘hands on’ as well as the correlation of the acquired knowledge based on the theme or a concept; also, skills that can be applied in lifetime actions as well as the development of a personal sound attitude, values and goals. In the thematic approach mathematics content involve objects, information, topics and themes. The topicality should be linked with happenings in their personal lives as well as the latest developments in community life, socio-economic processes or a scientific context as well.
The article describes and analyses theoretical and empirical materials about the pupils’ emotions in the process of teaching/learning mathematics in a primary school. The aim of the article is to investigate the experienced emotions by pupils when learning mathematics in a primary school and highlight the factors arousing emotions in learning mathematics in primary school. The article analyses the data obtained in empirical research on the emotions experienced by pupils during mathematics lessons in primary school. In questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, pupils reveal what gave them positive emotions in mathematics lessons, as well as what made them experience negative emotions. Based on the analysis of empirical data, we highlighted the factors of learning mathematics in primary school that caused positive emotions; however, the failure to comply with these factors caused negative factors in pupils. As a result of the research, it is possible to select the factors facilitating positive emotions while teaching mathematics in primary school.
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