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Curriculum is a plan of education that contains of all the knowledge, skills, values and norms, cultural elements and beliefs that has become handed down to the people’s choice for its members. The goal of the curriculum is influence a lot and determined by individual life goal, society, country and world. While the alterations that happened in the world that are universal are influence the goal and needs of individuals, communities and countries. According to the Curriculum Development Centre (2003), such as math curriculum in the most countries, the Malaysian Mathematics of curriculum had been shifted from focusing on the skills and counting towards greater emphasis on the understanding and application of the basic mathematical skills.
The mathematics curriculum for secondary school aims to develop individuals who are able to think mathematically and who can apply mathematical knowledge effectively and responsibly in solving problems and making decision. This will enable individual to face challenges in everyday life that arise due to the advancement of science and technology” (Ministry of Education, 2003). Besides that, there have five elements was focused on in the teaching and learning mathematics.
There are problem solving in mathematics, communication in mathematics, reasoning mathematics, mathematical connections and application of technology.These efforts are taken to ensure that our future generation can assimilates mathematics into their daily lives. Pupils are exposed at the early age with the skills to solve problems and communicate mathematically to enable them make effective decisions. By these, pupils will have an opportunity to apply mathematics in different contexts and see the relevance of mathematics in daily lives. Based on the aim and elements that focus by ministry, the Mathematics curriculum is suitable for our children.
Nowadays, we are exposed with the technology .Teachers ar preferred to use the technology in the teaching and learning process to attract the interest of the pupil in that particular subject. The usage of technologies like computers and educational software and websites can help to upgrade and promote the understanding of mathematical concepts to the depth. Besides that, pupil will be creative, be confident and able to work confidently through these type of teaching and learning process. The usage of technology is teaching process is important because today’s children are exposed to the latest technology, so there comes the need for the teachers to transform from traditional to modern teaching way. Teachers also need to update and upgrade them self-according to the changing world. The usages of technologies make the mathematics curriculum relevant and suitable for us.
As a conclusion, the mathematics curriculum is suitable to Malaysian children.Change and transformation in education is needed to ensure Malaysia has a better education system for successful implementation.
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