Recently, it is a fact that everyone acknowledges constructivism gives a very powerful epistemological foundation for the teaching and learning in Mathematics. But we do not know the details about the constructivist's view. Especially, we don't know t...
Recently, it is a fact that everyone acknowledges constructivism gives a very powerful epistemological foundation for the teaching and learning in Mathematics. But we do not know the details about the constructivist's view. Especially, we don't know the social constructivism, either. So, we investigated social constructivism of P. Ernest to prepare epistemological foundation for the teaching and learning in mathematics.
Hence, in the result of investigation of social constructivism, we are become to have two findings such that :
First, publication is necessary course to make individual subjective knowledge into objective knowledge. So it is very important that we make a chance for children to announce their thought, freely.
Second, a publicated knowledge of children has to be a objective knowledge through their social interactions. And then, it is very important that we engage the children in their social interaction actively to succeed their interacting activities.
Consequently, we are become to know that social constructivism can be a
epistemological foundation of the teaching and learning in mathematics, and gives a good philosophical view of mathematical knowledge.