The Interdisciplinary Integration of the Mathematical and Economic Disciplines within the Modern Economic Education

Shelekhova Lyudmila Valeryevna

doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s1p122

Abstract

The article describes the features and conditions of the successful interdisciplinary integration of the mathematical and economic disciplines within the educational practices of higher education institutions, emphasizes the importance and significance of the mathematic education for the future professional activities. It states that the most important factors contributing to the effective implementation of the mathematical and economic disciplines include: the coordination of the time-space characteristics of the process of studying various academic disciplines and all components of the educational space; the consideration of the prior conceptual framework and the natural interrelation of educational material on the mathematical and economic disciplines based on their interdependence and complementarity; the implementation of a unified approach to the educational process; the adherence to the succession and continuity in the development of the concepts providing for the enrichment with the new content and communications; the unity in interpretation of the general scientific notions; the avoidance of duplicating the same concepts while studying different subjects; the commitment not only to the fundamental nature of mathematical training, but also to the implementation of the professional functions of mathematics; the determination of the core areas of mathematics courses, their basic ideas, generalizations, leading concepts, categories, and their natural integration with the economic theories (the principle of generalization of knowledge in the direction from the main (common) properties of knowledge to the specific (individual) knowledge and vice versa). It substantiates the author's point of view on the interdisciplinary integration as a single educational space based on the interdependence and complementarity of the content of mathematical and economic disciplines, in order to implement the system of generalized professional knowledge and master the skills and abilities to apply effectively the knowledge in the future professional activities. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n5s1p122

Highlights

In the course of obtaining higher education, students are not able to master all the knowledge that may be needed in their profession
Since the modern economic space is characterized by the rapid professional reorientation within the constantly changing environment, the higher education must be focused on the formation of qualities that will enable the future specialists to feel confident within the labor market
This can explain the results of the conducted analysis described in the courseware on the interdisciplinary communications of the mathematical and economic disciplines, which showed that the holistic integrative courses did not exist

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Introduction

In the course of obtaining higher education, students are not able to master all the knowledge that may be needed in their profession. The students of economics are usually not conscious of the need to study individual disciplines, the mathematical ones. The solution of this problem is to overcome the contradiction between the necessity of mastering the professionally-oriented mathematical activities by the future economists and the established system of mathematics education within the institutions of higher education that do not consider the interdisciplinary integration as one of the productive directions of the professional training of the students of economics (Shelekhova, 2014)

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