Analysis of Primary Mathematics in Bangladesh from Pupils' and Teachers' Perspectives : Focusing on Fraction

Baba Takuya

Uddin MD. Mohsin

International Journal of Curriculum Development and Practice

Most of the developing countries are now engaged with enlargement of pupils' participation in school under the initiative of UNESCO (1990). And it also emphasizes the good quality of education which they receive at school. Bangladesh is also engaged with this task. Three major factors of education are pupils, teacher and teaching materials. So, this research sought to investigate on the quality of education, especially mathematics education from angles of both pupils and teachers, by focusing on conceptual understanding of the fraction as teaching material. As a conclusion, three points were found out as follows: (1) uneven distribution of weak areas for pupils, and this tendency is not uniform between urban and rural schools, (2) very few pupils were able to explain the sentence of problem, and this is a manifestation of rote learning without proper understanding, and (3) teachers' less attention to pupils' difficulty and understanding level. And therefore in future teaching method should be tailored according to their needs.

Education [ 370 ]

eng

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[ISSN] 1344-4808

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