How applicationism impact modelling in a Belgian school of economy and the viability of an alternative epistemology

Pierre Job (1)

1 ICHEC - Brussels Management School [Bruxelles]

This paper deals with the following issue. Showing students how mathematics can be applied to economy in an applicationist way seems to make them unable to grasp the relevance of using mathematics to study economy. In other words, we expose an example of how a peculiar epistemological standpoint about the relationship between mathematics and economy, namely that of subordinating economy as an application of mathematics, may impact students' views about the interplay between mathematics and economy. We give an example to illustrate this issue and then conclude by giving hints as to an alternative way to articulate mathematics and economy, namely using economy as a semiotic foundation of mathematics.

Mots clés: teachers' practices; applicationism; modelling; economy; Anthropological Theory of the Didactic

Domaines: Education

Pierre Job. How applicationism impact modelling in a Belgian school of economy and the viability of an alternative epistemology. INDRUM 2020, Université de Carthage, Université de Montpellier, Sep 2020, Cyberspace (virtually from Bizerte), Tunisia. ⟨hal-03113980⟩