Mathematics Education As Panacea For Global Societal Challenges In Nigeria
Abstract
This study examined the various definition of Mathematics education, the past,
present and future trends in Mathematics Education. The environmental challenges
such as economic environment, political environment, social environment are also
considred while Mathematics education as a panacea for global environment
challenges is discussed along side the usage of Mathematics in medicine, politics,
population census, health care delivery system, experimental Biology and for a
better understanding of epidemiology patterns and disease control. Suggestions
were made on how mathematics could be applied to environmental issues in order
to obtain optimality in every option of solutions.
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