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

  • Maitree Inprasitha
  • Masami Isoda
  • Roberto Araya

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.

Published
2024-07-22