Research on the status of mathematics education at high schools in VietnamⅡ

Analysis from the viewpoint of educational systems, learning contents, teachers

Abstract

Vietnam has a close relationship with Japan and it has turned out that students in Vietnam have excellent ability in mathematics. We have inspected mathematics classes at high schools in Vietnam and interviewed mathematics teachers in order to research the status of mathematics education in Vietnam. In this study, by analyzing these results from the viewpoint of educational systems, learning contents and teachers, we have clarified the following features:
(1) The existence of a mathematics competition system and a university entrance examination system contributes to educating excellent students in mathematics.
(2) Many teachers have views that plane vectors are suitable for contents in the 10th grade and logarithmic functions, integration, and complex numbers are suitable for those in the 12th grade.
(3) Teachers must have not only ability in mathematics and good instruction skills but also strictness and the ability to educate more excellent students in mathematics.
(4) Teachers need to improve way of thinking about education to enhance the degree of students’ understanding.