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  • 1 Universiti Putra Malaysia
ASM Science Journal, 2016;9(2):1-8.
MyJurnal

Abstract

The paradigm that mathematics is a subject to be taught and learned is not correct. Mathematics is to be
produced. However, without hermeneutics, it would be difficult to do so. Unfortunately, hermeneutics was
all that have been neglected in mathematics education. Meanwhile, only with hermeneutics, teaching
and learning mathematics and also research in mathematics could flourish and be fruitful. Without it,
it would be extremely hard for students to come up with a new creation in mathematics. This paper
aims to shift the paradigm of mathematics education from learning (only) of mathematics into producing
mathematics. Some examples are presented to illustrate the power of hermeneutics in developing
mathematical imagination, ideas, and creativity towards mathematical discovery or invention.