Mathematics education is mathematics education, and mathematics teachers need to have good mathematics literacy. The rapid development of science and technology in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 20th century put forward higher and higher requirements for mathematics education in universities, middle schools and primary schools, and the reform of mathematics curriculum needs to meet the challenges of the times. It is the general trend to introduce some modern mathematical contents and thinking methods (such as calculus, vectors, algorithms, coding, statistics, groups, etc.). ) into the middle school mathematics curriculum. Compared with the past, the content of the new mathematics curriculum being implemented has changed a lot, and many elective courses have not even been learned by teachers. The current curriculum involves a wide range of knowledge, so it is difficult to fully grasp and deeply understand it, which makes the majority of middle school mathematics teachers face unprecedented crises and challenges.
Teachers are a special profession. As an excellent math teacher, they need to have good math education literacy. Facing the requirements of the times and the new teaching theory and technology, how to deal with the relationship between tradition and modernity, improve teaching methods, let students actively participate in teaching, reduce the heavy burden of mathematics learning, improve the efficiency of mathematics teaching and promote the long-term development of students requires teachers to systematically study and study mathematics education theory.
The construction of mathematics education curriculum and teaching materials in normal universities all over China is under way. In recent years, the National Mathematics Education Research Association of Teachers' Colleges has specially studied "Curriculum Construction of Mathematics Education Specialty" and "Postgraduate Training" as key topics.