Mathematics Conynunication between Japan and Australia Classroom Using Internet

这项合作研究为日本和澳大利亚、东方和西方教室之间的数学交流创造了一个环境。通过国与国之间的交流，学生们遇到了认识数学的文化差异，认识到数学的本质，形成了对数学和数学交流的不同看法。与大多数研究人员所做的比较研究不同，这项研究让学生比较他们学习的数学和他们的学习方式。该研究的另一个特点是学生在东西方之间的合作。通过超越文化差异的交流努力，他们发展了自己的交流方式。本研究从文化意识的角度阐释了这类项目对发展一种新的文化的重要性，这种文化可以通过相互解释学的努力架起东西方之间的桥梁。

This collaborative study contributes to the aspect by the creation of an environment enabling communication in mathematics between Japanese and Australian, East and West, classrooms. Through communication between countries, students encountered cultural differences about knowing mathematics, realized the nature of their mathematics and developed alternative perspectives on mathematics and mathematics communication. Unlike most comparative studies done by researchers, this study involved students in comparing the mathematics they learn and their ways of learning. Another feature of the study is students' collaboration between East and West. Through their communication endeavor beyond cultural differences, they developed their ways of communication. The study illustrates the significance of this kind of project for developing a new culture which can bridge East and West with the perspectives of cultural awareness arising from mutual hermeneutic effort.