Critical Reflection in Teaching and Learning Mathematics towards Perspective Transformation: Practices in Public and Private Schools

Year 2019, Volume: 14 , 60 - 66, 20.09.2019

Arturo Tobias Calızon

Abstract

The
study investigated the practices in critical reflection being employed in
teaching and learning mathematics in public and private schools for students to
achieve perspective transformation in psychological, convictional and
behavioral dimensions. There were 1,969 senior high school and college
student-respondents selected at random from 33 schools. Process reflection was
most commonly practiced in both public and private schools. Convictional
dimension of perspective transformation was most frequently achieved. There was
no significant difference in practices of process reflection between senior
high school and college students. However, there was significant difference in
perspective transformation in behavioral dimension achieved by students from
public and private schools. Also, there were significant differences in
psychological, convictional and behavioral dimensions of perspective
transformation achieved by senior high school and college students. There was
high and significant relationship between critical reflection practices and
perspective transformation of students. The researcher concluded that there were
teaching strategies like discovery learning that facilitated critical
reflection, and that there were learning activities like technology-based
problem solving that altered students’ perspective of mathematics as an
abstract field. The researcher further concluded that consistent use of
appropriate teaching and learning activities could bring about perspective
transformation in students with success.

Keywords

Critical reflection, Perspective transformation, Process reflection, Convictional dimension, Teaching and learning mathematics

References

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