中澳美的经济变革与数学课程改革方向

Economic Realities and Common Directions in Mathematics Curriculum Reform in China and Its Economic Partners

世界经济结构正经历巨大的转型，具体表现为农业所占GDP的比例显著下降，而制造业，尤其是服务业则不断提高．中国、澳大利亚与美国是3个具有代表性的国家，经济上的这种变化对教育以及数学课程都产生了影响，反映了当今社会中对人们所需的“数学素养”的全新要求．中国、澳大利亚与美国义务教育阶段国家级数学课程都强调了“统计思想”与“关系性思维”这两个重要内容．

We identify several areas of convergence in the reform curricula of China and several of its economic partners. We explain these features in terms of rapid changes in the respective economies, their impact on labor market and consequently on school education. In the national curriculum documents of China, Australia and the USA we observe two common threads： a clear focus on the development of statistical thinking in the first nine/ten years of basic education, and a move to develop closer links in the same period of schooling between the study of number and number operations and the development of algebraic thinking. These are explained in terms of a common commitment to a high level of mathematical literacy for all students.