Developing an appropriate textbook for mathematics curriculum analysis course

Abstract

Pre-service mathematics teachers need to understand the school mathematics curriculum in order to ensure their capability as future teachers. As a learning planner, they have to possess an adequate understanding of what and how the school mathematics materials should be organized to fit the students’ need. The current Indonesian curriculum challenges the teachers to design mathematics learning which integrates four domains of competence, namely the spiritual attitude, the social attitude, the knowledge, and the skill. However, there has been no textbook available to guide the pre-service mathematics teacher designing the desired mathematics learning better. This research aims to develop a textbook for mathematics curriculum analysis, especially for senior high school level. It was an R&D using Plomp model stages, including initial investigation, design, construction, and test, evaluation, and revision. In the final stage, we have successfully developed a valid project-based learning textbook for mathematics curriculum analysis.