Blog 5

I believe that Math talk is related to mathematical understanding. My thesis explicates a shift in pedagogical concern to an epistemological concern. Pedagogical concern centres on issues pertaining to the content and the way it is taught. Pupils are concerned with the learning of Mathematics and how to perform well in academic scores. Epistemological concern centres on issues pertaining to learn to be like a mathematician. That means while solving mathematics sums, the learner is not only focused on doing the mathematics right (getting correct answers) but also the process of getting the answers. That is to learn to behave like a mathematician who is guessing, proving wrong, generating or creating other possible solutions. An epistemological concern will motivate a researcher or learner to focus more on the process of learning mathematics than the product of learning mathematics.