Interdisciplinary Education in Mathematics and Informatics at Swiss High Schools

Abstract

Informatics will be introduced as mandatory subject at schools in Switzer- land within the next years, and the corresponding curricula are under devel- opment. Mathematics and informatics have a lot of common ground, and therefore generate synergies that can allow both subjects to profit. To this end, we need a good coordination of mutual topics in form of an interdisciplinary spiral curriculum, which acts as a bridge between the two subjects. In this article, we supply some ideas by giving examples for Swiss high schools (grades 7 through 12).