The essence of integrating the relevance of mathematics in students' life situations

• Main Author: Dejan, Pablo S.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Mathematics; Mathematics—Social aspects; Mathematics—Study and teaching
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/7010
• Institution: De La Salle University

Faced with the challenge of catering to the needs of extremely varied 21st century learners, teachers of mathematics always seek to make learning of the subject more meaningful. Thus, the implementation of many different teaching styles and techniques. Geared with the aspiration of producing lifelong learners, the K-12 mathematics curriculum for the junior high school requires the teachers to integrate real life situations in the classroom instruction. Thus, this paper sought to further explain the essence of the integration through the research problems as to what the participants’ views on the relevance of mathematics in students’ life situations. This study analyzed the responses of the research participants who are public school teachers in Biñan, Laguna handling grades 9 and 10 mathematics. From the said responses, seven themes were formulated namely, theme1: perception on mathematics, theme 2: importance/significance of mathematics, theme 3: challenges in teaching mathematics, theme 4: mathematics and real life, theme 6: facing challenges in teaching mathematics, and theme 7: impact of mathematics and its real life applications on the research participants and their learners to further discuss the results.