VIEWS OF UKRAINIAN TEACHERS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIDACTIC BASIS FOR CREATING MATHEMATICS TEXTBOOKS

• Наталія Генсіцька-Антонюк

  Рівненський державний гуманітарний університет

The article is devoted to the problem of the analysis the views of Ukrainian teachers on the development of didactic foundations for the creation of Mathematics textbooks. It is noted that the content of school textbooks is the embodiment not only of curricula and programs, but also the value system of a particular culture, which plays an important role in the socialization of the younger generation. It is emphasized that the textbook is the main means of teaching, which is based on general didactic and methodological principles of teaching.

In the article there were allocated didactic principles such as: activization of pupils’ cognitive activity, comprehensive development of the person, integral influence of educational process, nature conformity of the organization of study, scientific, accessible, systematic and consistent in studying, continuity and prospects, the relationship between learning and development, motivational support of the educational process, cooperation, individualization and differentiation of learning, clarity, strength and effectiveness of learning outcomes, activity, educational learning, consciousness, intensity, optimization, interdisciplinary cooperation, intercultural interaction, etc.

It is substantiated that among the approaches to determining the didactic principles of the textbook a special place is occupied by the functional approach, according to which the main functions of the school textbook are: informative, transformational, systematizing, research, practical and self-educational function.

The attention is accented on the point of view that school Mathematics textbooks help to create a holistic system of teaching mathematics to pupils with a single unambiguous interpretation of concepts, unified terminology and provide not only the end result, but also the implementation of educational, developmental functions – the formation of highly educated, well-developed creative personality of Ukraine.

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