%0 Journal Article %1 196805 %A Freudenthal, Hans %D 1968 %I Springer %J Educational Studies in Mathematics %K education learning mathematics mythesis philosophy %N 1/2 %P 3-8 %T Why to Teach Mathematics So as to Be Useful %U http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-1954%28196805%291%3A1%2F2%3C3%3AWTTMSA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V %V 1

@article{196805, added-at = {2008-05-30T05:47:28.000+0200}, author = {Freudenthal, Hans}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/27181f050f8439547e07d3e702ae63c6b/yish}, interhash = {0fc2d868a8bb42b85a1305471803e3be}, intrahash = {7181f050f8439547e07d3e702ae63c6b}, issn = {0013-1954}, journal = {Educational Studies in Mathematics}, keywords = {education learning mathematics mythesis philosophy}, month = may, note = {Systematization is a great virtue of mathematics, and if possible, the student has to learn this virtue, too. But then I mean the activity of systematizing, not its result. Its result is a system, a beautiful closed system, closed, with no entrance and no exit. In its highest perfection it can even be handled by a machine. But for what can be performed by machines, we need no humans. What humans have to learn is not mathematics as a closed system, but rather as an activity, the process of mathematizing reality and if possible even that of mathematizing mathematics.}, number = {1/2}, pages = {3-8}, publisher = {Springer}, timestamp = {2008-05-30T05:47:29.000+0200}, title = {Why to Teach Mathematics So as to Be Useful}, url = {http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0013-1954%28196805%291%3A1%2F2%3C3%3AWTTMSA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V}, volume = 1, year = 1968 }