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Mathematik in der ArbeitsweltWie findet Mathematik in der Arbeitswelt Anwendung?

Mathematik in der ArbeitsweltModul WA-1berblickZiel: Die Anwendung von Mathematik an Beispielen aus dem tglichen Leben zu erforschen und dabei zu vergleichen, wie sich diese von Schulmathematik unterscheidet.Wir werden:Als Gruppe diskutieren;Einige Beispiele im Detail ansehen (in 2er Gruppen).This tool introduces teachers to examples of the use of mathematics in the world of work. They discuss how workplace mathematics differs from school mathematics. T2Wie wird Mathematik bei der Arbeit verwendet?Wie unterscheidet sich diese Anwendung von Schulmathematik?

Die Anwendung von Mathematik im echten Leben

Briefly discuss with the teachers that mathematics, as it is used in the workplace, can look very different to the way it appears in school, so much so that workers often dont recognise when they are doing mathematics. It is often as though what is taught and learned in school mathematics is separate from having any utility and purpose other than in classrooms and to gain qualifications. 3BeispieleDiskutieren Sie Ihre unterschiedlichen AntwortenNotieren Sie sich die Hauptpunkte

Ask teachers to work in pairs, for about half an hour, to read the accounts of the use of mathematics in different workplaces, discuss how they see the use of mathematics in workplaces as different from the way it us taught and used in school and make a note of their thinking.The first account is quite substantial but the others are much briefer. Omit the first description if you are short of time.4DiskussionTeilen Sie Ihre Antworten mit anderenTechnologieEinbettung in andere AktivittenHandwerkszeug fr den BerufMathematik, die verschmilztUnterschiedliche Schreibweisen und Einheiten

Bring the group back together and ask them to share their responses. They may come up with a range of suggestions it will be interesting to compare their thinking with what we know from research in this field. Wake and Williams (2002), researchers in England, have identified the following important differences that you canuse to stimulate further discussion use of new technology requires the use of mathematical thinking in the workplace, but workers also continue to make use of low technology;typically mathematics only makes sense when considered as integrated parts of larger, purposeful, sustained activities, as opposed to the short fragmented mathematical tasks one often sees in classrooms;workers generally see mathematics as a tool for the job;expert use of mathematics often becomes fused with the reality of the workplace this means that the worker sees and thinks not about the mathematics but about aspects of the work (to outsiders without in-depth knowledge of the workplace this means that understanding the mathematics as a model of the workplace situation is difficult);there are many differences in conventions and notation when working mathematically.

5Zum AbschlussForschungsergebnisseGesamtbericht (Handoutbeispiele)Spezialausgabe von Educational Studies in Mathematics

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There are many accounts within research papers of the use of mathematics in workplace situations. Those that were quoted in the handout can be found in thereport that you can downloadhere.(Wake and Williams 2012).Further research accounts can be found in the special issue of the journalEducational Studies in Mathematics. 6