Explore The Human Value In Mathematics Education

As a basic subject, mathematics is the primary subject undertaking creative education. But under the system of the examination-oriented education, students are trained as machines, neglecting mathematics' human connotation. Students often feel mathematics dull and mechanical. Therefore it weakens the abundant mathematics education function. With the development of quality education, human education is commonly considered to be the important part of mathematics education. It is urgent to recreate human spirit and create complete and sound characters in the process of mathematics education. New curriculum standard points out that mathematics is a culture of human beings. Mathematics' content, thought, method and language are the important parts of modern civilization. On the one hand, the text elaborates the human value of mathematics from the aspects of its philosophical value, aesthetics value and culture value. On the other hand, during the process of mathematics education and teaching, the text explains how to make full use of human education function in textbooks, showing human spirit of mathematics, making mathematics education far away from dullness; cultivating students' strict and simple science attitude, honest and tolerant human character, tight thought, strong will and creative spirit; making mathematics a subject full of humanity and aesthetics.