MATHEMATICAL LITERACY FOR DIGITAL ERA: REVIEW OF MATHEMATICAL THINKING AND COMPUTATIONAL THINKING FOR CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

In the Era of AI and Data Science under the fourth industrial revolution, Mathematical Capitalism (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan., 2019 [32]) becomes a key issue in Education up to higher education in this changing society. Mathematical Thinking provides the grand for Informatics as a school subject that develops computational thinking. This article confirmed mathematics as the key literacy subject in school and re-viewed it as universal literacy in the era through the confirmation of mathematical thinking and value are a necessary component of general competency in the era. This claim is illustrated by the historical meaning of mathematics, the current aims of mathematics education, and re-viewed the meaning of mathematics education for the digital society.