The Relevance of mathematics education in the development of life skills at Secondary School students

Author

Mazhero, Ozias.

Title

The Relevance of mathematics education in the development of life skills at Secondary School students

Abstract

The research sought to find the relevance of Mathematics education in the development of life skills. In Chapter 1 the researcher highlighted the background of the study which pointed out how mathematics teaching impacts on the development of life skills. The background was followed by the Problem statement. The objectives of the study were to determine the life skills that can be gained by learners in secondary schools through mathematics education, to examine the effect of mathematics education on the development of life skills, to examine factors that pose challenges for the acquisition of life skills and to offer a solution to the challenges of acquisition of life skills. The second chapter reviews the literature on the development of life skills through mathematics. Literature presented reveals the life skills that can be acquired by the teaching of mathematics. Challenges faced in developing life skills through mathematics were indicated as well as intervention methods where different authors brought out excellent ideas of assisting learners which would totally improve development of life skills through mathematics. In chapter 3, the researcher discusses about the research methodology where he talks about the design he used in this research. This goes on to define the population used in this study as well as explaining why he chose this population. It also discusses about the sample used, including the size of the sample as well as the sampling procedure used in this research clearly outlining the procedures taken to come up with the sample chosen from the population. In chapter 4, the researcher presents all the data he collected in the form of tables. The data is then analysed and discussion of the findings acquired through the teachers’ questionnaires and the pupils’ interview. Here each research question’s responses generated from the questionnaires and interview guides are tabulated. All these responses are also analysed and conclusions are drawn.Discussion of the findings was done in chapter 5.

Date

December, 2024

Publisher

BUSE

Keywords

Mathematics Education

Life skills

Curriculum implementation

Teaching strategies

Supervisor

Nil