खंड 2 No. issue10,page 1887-1904 (2025): Rethinking the Senior Secondary Mathematics Curriculum: A Critical Review of Curriculum Reforms for Improving Teaching Effectiveness and Student Learning

Abstract

The critical review demonstrates the reform of the senior secondary mathematics curriculum, aiming to embrace student learning dynamics and teaching effectiveness under the modern education system. The shift from the traditional procedure-based drill to mathematical modelling, data literacy, and conceptual understanding entails a fundamental transition within the advanced pedagogical approach. According to the ideologies of Fullan's Educational Change Theory, the reform mathematics curriculum, students' academic & career growth, teachers' new role entitlement, implementation hurdles, and strategic recommendations are aligned. The findings indicate that the policymakers and educators need to review the conceptual learning goals along with the cultivation of school-embedded professional learning communities. For developing a structured and advanced mathematics curriculum, the pedagogical approaches must be incorporated with inquiry-driven learning, digital tool integration, and a collaborative peer-observation method, resulting in minimising mathematics anxiety and widening the learners' desire to become successful in the STEM field and dream career.      

Keywords: Mathematics Curriculum Reforms, Student-to-Student Discourse Method, culture of growth & mastery, competency-based milestones, project-based learning process, collaborative peer observation, pedagogy