THE EDUCATIONAL VALUES OF

MATHEMATICS
VANESSA P SUMAGANG
VALUES AND AIMS

Knowledge of educational values

helps the teacher to avoid
aimlessness in teaching. Value is the
springboard of aim and vice-versa.
3 MAIN CONSIDERATIONS FOR WHICH
A CHILD IS SENT TO SCHOOL

1. Knowledge and skills (practical/utilitarian)

2. Intellectual habits and power (disciplinary)
3. Desirable attitude and ideals (cultural)
PRACTICAL VALUE

A common man can get on

sometimes very well without learning
how to read and write, but he can
never pull on without learning how to
count and calculate.
DISCIPLINARY VALUE

“Mathematics is a way to settle in the

mind a habit of reasoning.” (Locke)
It trains or disciplines the mind.
CHARACTERISTICS OF REASONING IN MATHEMATICS

1. Characteristic of Simplicity
2. Characteristic of Accuracy
3. Characteristic of Certainty of Results
4. Characteristic of Originality
5. Characteristic of Similarity to the Reasoning of Life
6. Characteristic of Verification of Results
CHARACTERISTICS OF REASONING IN MATHEMATICS

7. Characteristic of Power and not Knowledge

8. Characteristic of Application of Knowledge
CULTURAL VALUE

The understanding of the world in which man lives,

of the civilization to which he belongs and of the
culture of which he is very proud, requires the
understanding of scientific and social principles
the development of which depends, in turn, upon
mathematical principles.
“Mathematics is the mirror of civilization.”
OTHER EDUCATIONAL VALUES

1. Social Value
2. Moral Value
3. Aesthetic Value
4. Intellectual Value
5. International Value
6. Vocational Value
SOCIAL VALUE

Mathematics plays an important

role in the organization and
maintenance of our social culture.
MORAL VALUE

The study of mathematics helps in moral

development and character formation.

It helps in developing proper moral attitudes as

there is no place for prejudiced feelings, biased
outlook, doubts and half truths, discrimination,
maldistribution of resources, unreasonableness,
and irrationality in learning of this subject.
AESTHETIC VALUE

People wrongly consider mathematics

as unrealistic and non-aesthetic.
For a true student of mathematics, the
subject is all beauty, symmetry, balance,
harmony, fineness, art and music.
INTELLECTUAL VALUE

The study of mathematics helps us in the

development of many intellectual traits
like power of thinking and reasoning,
induction, analysis, synthesis, originality,
generalization, discovery, etc.
INTERNATIONAL VALUE

Mathematics is a universal subject and its

helps in creating international understanding.

Its history presents a very good picture of the

overall development of our civilization.
VOCATIONAL VALUE

The study of mathematics prepares us for

various occupations like engineering,
accountancy, auditing, taxation, banking,
surveying, trade, designing, teaching,
agriculture, planning, financing, weights and
measures inspection, quality control, budgeting,
construction, computer applications, etc.
SOME MORE VALUES

1. Development of Concentration
2. Art of Economical Living
3. Power of Expression
4. Self-Reliance
5. Attitude of Discovery
6. Understanding of Popular Literature
7. Quality of Hard Work
Drill 1.3 – Educational Values of Mathematics

Choose a particular lesson in High School

Mathematics. Enlist the different
educational values of the lesson that you
want your future students to realize.