بهره گيري از رياضيات غيررسمي براي طراحي فرصت هاي يادگيري در برنامه درسي رياضي

Utilization of Informal Mathematics towards providing learning opportunities of the formal curriculum

Mathematics is an integral component of school programs. It has been of so remarkable importance that mathematics education arguably is equated with formal mathematics curriculum. On the other hand, Math teachers assume that the nature of the subject is twofold: abstract and concrete. Unfortunately, the latter is ignored in favour of the former in the formal curriculum. Therefore, students are mainly exposed to one side of Math which has nothing to do with their actual experiences. Consequently, students become averse to mathematics and this, in turn, has made a serious obstacle to learn the subject. Math education specialists as well as curriculum developers, even in Iran, have realized this duality and tried to integrate the two sides of the subject. This paper focuses on concrete side of the curriculum through the framework of informal mathematics. Then, based on a case study on revised math curriculum in middle schools this paper tries to explore how informal math could facilitate learning opportunities of the subject.