Matematikmöjligheter : En studie i en Sydafrikansk skola

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this report is to find out how we can work with learners on the basis of their opportunities in mathematics. I also want to look into, how one views this question in other cultures that are different from our own. I have, in order to reach my purpose, looked on what literature there is on this matter. I have also made three interviews in a township in South Africa. The result I got from my survey was that the teachers I interviewed had a similar point of view on the teaching of mathematic as we have in Sweden. Finally I can establish that we as educators should begin to work with mathematics from a possibility perspective where we give the learners a menu of methods that they can examine and along with us find their own way to develop their skills in mathematics. I think that if we work like this we can get learners with a strong self-esteem, with knowledge about their unique conditions and that can take them as far as they want.