Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to reveal candidates of mathematics teachers’
views on the given mathematics education at high schools, cram schools
and universities. This study is a descriptive research. The sample of the
study is consisted of 43 candidates of teacher who study in first year in
Elementary Mathematic Education Program at Education Faculty of a
university in Eastern Anatolia region. A questionnaire consisting of 7
questions almost all open-ended was applied to collect data. The data
obtained from this study were analyzed by descriptive analysis method and
expressed as a percentage and frequency for each question. The
candidates of teachers mentioned that mathematics education in cram
school is rote and university mathematics education is difficult because of it
is more abstract and tended to prove. They also discoursed that in cram
schools is given practical knowledge to pass the exam and class, isn’t
explained what it means, where it is used, in university mathematic
education is detailed, compelling and tended to prove. Candidates who think
high school mathematics education is 'rote', 'inadequate' and 'superficial',
high school mathematics education need create the basis for university
education and need to support it, for this reason they argued that the high
school education system should be fixed.
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Keywords:1
High school, cram school, university, mathematics education, mathematics
teacher candidates
