Mathematics in Mexico: Structure of the system,Students achievement
and Impact of educacation research
Carlos Bosch GiralInstituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
January 29nd. , 2014
• Primary school ( 6 grades 6 to 12 years old)
• Secondary school (3 grades, 13 to 16)
• Reforms coming from the ministry of education in 2013
Reforms on 2013: Goals
• Better quality in the basic education (primary and secondary) ending in better results in Pisa.
• Get back the leadership of the Mexican goverment in the national educational system
• Increase in the enrollment and the quality of the education at high schools, colleges and universities.
Reforma educativaElementos
Teaching is on the centre of education and that is done by teachers
• In general the set of teachers is not adecuate for the actual needs. Several classes are taught by unqualify teachers.
• A better initial trianing is needed.• We need better teachers• We need to help them to become
better teachers
Plan de Estudios de 1997
I II III IV V VI VII VIII Bases filosóficas, legales y organizativas del sistema educativo mexicano
La educación en el desarrollo histórico de México I
La educación en el desarrollo histórico de México II
Temas selectos de Pedagogía I
Temas selectos de Pedagogía II
Temas selectos de Pedagogía III
Trabajo docente I
Trabajo docente II
Problemas y
políticas de la educación básica
Matemáticas y su enseñanza I
Matemáticas y su enseñanza II
Ciencias naturales y su enseñanza I
Ciencias naturales y su enseñanza II
Asignatura regional II
Propósitos y contenidos de la Educación Primaria
Español y su enseñanza I
Español y su enseñanza II
Geografía y su enseñanza I
Geografía y su enseñanza
Planeación de la enseñanza y evaluación del aprendizaje
Desarrollo Infantil I
Desarrollo Infantil II
Necesidades Educativas Especiales
Historia y su enseñanza I
Historia y su enseñanza II
Gestión escolar
Estrategias para el estudio y la comunicación I
Estrategias para el estudio y la comunicación II
Educación Física I
Educación Física II
Educación Física III
Educación artística III
Educación artística I
Educación artística II Formación
ética y
cívica en la
escuela primaria II
Asignatura regional I
Formación ética y cívica en la
escuela primaria I
Escuela y contexto social
Iniciación al trabajo escolar
Observación y práctica docente I
Observación y práctica docente II
Observación y práctica docente III
Observación y práctica docente IV
Seminario de análisis del trabajo docente
Seminario de análisis del trabajo docente
Programs in 2012
• Arithmetic: teaching and learning process• Algebra :teaching and learning process• Geometry: teaching and learning process • Process the statistic information
Student achievment
Pisa Mexico
Year 2000 2003 2006 2009 2012 real-expected-OCDE
Mathematics 387 385 409 419 413 – 435 - 494
Reading 422 400 410 425 424 – 435 - 496
Observations• México (413) is below Canada(518), Spain (484)
USA (481)and Chile (423); similar level as Uruguay and Costa Rica and above Brazil (391), Argentina (388), Colombia (376) y Perú
(368)• 55% of the mexican students of mathematics do
not reach the basic level 2 (average of OCDE: 23%)
• Best mexicans reach 539 which is the average in Japan
The worst
• In 32 from the 34 OCDE countries, more than 90% of 15 years old persons are enrolled in schools.
• In Mexico this index is below 70%• Union and the way teachers they are
hire
Mathematics Competitions
Concurso de Primavera and Competencia Cotorra Students from to 15 years oldMore than 500 000 (half a million) of participantsExcellent results in Olimpiada de Mayo and Olimpiada Rioplatense(first or second)Olimpiada Mexicana de Matemáticas (2 golds)2010 --- 332011 --- 22 2012 --- 312013 --- 17
Impact of education research
Main lines of research in mathematics education in Mexico
• Arithmetic: Fractions and proportions in primary and secondary school. Impact in the programs and the recommendations for the teachers (little)
• Algebra: The concept of variable. Impact in the programs (little)
• Geometry: Primary and secondary school (little)• Statistics and probability (almost no impact) • Problem solving (Impact on the approach)
• There is a very important centre of mathematical education research. (Cinvestav)
• There are more people with a mathematics education degree than a degree in mathematics.
• Their impact in mathematics education is very low.
Conclusions
• There is something that need to be done since we are getting behind.
• This is not only Mexico. • We need to do something
together!!!!!!