The Development Of High School Mathematics Education Based On The Analysis Of The Core Journals

Since 2000, China's senior high school math education has undergone tremendous changes and entered into a critical period. Looking back the changes of the last ten years can help us not only understand the overall math sequence at high school, but also the prospect the trends of mathematics education at high school.Core publications as mainstream publications can to some extent reflect the development of math education at high school in China. Therefore, through surveying data and issuing a questionnaire two most influential publications in the field of math education at senior high school in China are selected: Journal of Mathematics Education and Secondary School Mathematics Teaching Reference. Content analysis, literature, statistics, survey research are the research methods. Through comparing the distribution of the numbers of articles, article content changes, writing styles of the articles of the two publications, the developmental trends in math education in senior high school since 2000 is outlined.Journal of Mathematics Education consists of columns like An Introduction to Mathematics Education, Teaching and Research, Mathematics Education Reform, etc. Secondary School Mathematics Teaching Reference includes Teaching Time and Space, Problem -Solving Center, Online Examinations, Teaching and Research Goals, etc. According to the studying on the cross-sections of the two publications, math education is divided into six dimensions: textbook concept, teaching concept, evaluation concept, information technology and resources concept, the structure of teacher quality and test analysis.Research shows that from a macro point of view, China's mathematics curriculum reform can be divided into four stages: piloting and exploration stage, the concept of stage, the preparation phase of reform, reform and development stage. This is actually a mathematics curriculum and China's reform and development is consistent with the sequence: 2000 is to piloting and exploration stage, mainly embodied in the provinces and one city to explore the curriculum reform; 2001, 2002 is the conceptive exploration stage. Basic Education Curriculum Reform Program (Trial) and the State Council's decision on the education reform have promoted the development in this stage. 2003 and 2004 is the preparation phase. Since 2005, the two provinces and one city's reform experience has been promoted and the reform has begun its rapid development. From the micro perspective, the six dimensions are different: teaching concept has gone through a process of receiving→learning→application→reflection;teachings have gone through the process of holding textbooks as"the Bible"to using textbooks as teaching tools and finally to becoming editors and authors of textbooks; information technology and resources and the structure of the quality of teachers are now emphasized instead of neglected previously; emphasis on testing items designing directions has shifted to designing technology; proposition from the direction of attention to the topic of technology development; evaluation has evolved from the traditional concept on the high formidable tests to more diversified tests.Overall, China's senior high school math education has changed from focusing on the form of reform to the effectiveness of the process. But China's mathematics education and research attention focus mainly on the concept of teaching materials, teaching concept, the concept of information technology and resources. In these three aspects, large amount of energy has been devoted and thus there are fruitful achievements. However, attention on education and evaluation of the quality of teachers, is still insufficient and in eager need..