Possible Cultural Diversity and Digital Competences: Retrospection from Mathematical Textbooks for Lower Secondary Level

Abstract

The paper deals with educational traditions in mathematics education in Austrian-Ugrian monarchy in the nineteenth century. This country as a multinational and multicultural territory is an inspirable example of cultural diversity. There is lack of university courses in the teacher training study, which shows cultural diversity as a heritage of Central European educational tradition. Many parts of school mathematics can be presented in modern form through ICT tools and educational software. We can use historical mathematics textbooks by different authors because a lot of original historical mathematical works and textbooks are possible to find in electronic form in the Internet or in electronical libraries and archives. The process of digitalization in these institutions has a big progress. For this reason we show some examples from historical mathematical textbooks. These historical approaches have connection to nowadays mathematics, because many international studies such PISA support problem-solving of real-life-oriented problems. GeoGebra and other educational software can help teachers to use the time more effectively, motivate the students and teach mathematics with understanding. We present the method of generating problems and some other motivational tools.