Humanistic Approach to Teaching the Course in Mathematics

The aim of the present research is to attain understanding about topical issues of pedagogy of the 21st century: humanization of the teaching process, the main principles of humanization of school, possibilities to apply humanization of school in teaching math at high schools and universities, working out the recommendations that would improve math teaching process. The object of the study is learners from two different educational institutions: Ozolnieki Secondary School, Jelgava District, and 1st year students of Riga Technical University (students originally come from various secondary educational institutions and places in Latvia). As the result of research certain conclusions concerning creation of new educational environment for math studies have been drawn