Hermeneutics in teaching and learning mathematics: revitalising mathematics education

The paradigm that mathematics is a subject to be taught and learned is not correct. Mathematics is to be produced. However, without hermeneutics, it would be difficult to do so. Unfortunately, hermeneutics was all that have been neglected in mathematics education. Meanwhile, only with hermeneutics, teaching and learning mathematics and also research in mathematics could flourish and be fruitful. Without it, it would be extremely hard for students to come up with a new creation in mathematics. This paper aims to shift the paradigm of mathematics education from learning (only) of mathematics into producing mathematics. Some examples are presented to illustrate the power of hermeneutics in developing mathematical imagination, ideas, and creativity towards mathematical discovery or invention