Re: [math-fun] NYTimes: How to Fix Our Math Education
At least in the U.S. we have this problem that most math teachers (at least before 9th grade) are non-specialists in math who often dislike math as much as anyone, and this attitude is conveyed from each generation of teachers to the next. --Dan Fred wrote: << An inspirational, committed, capable teacher. Now why didn't someone think of that before?
Sometimes the brain has a mind of its own.
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 4:36 PM, Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
At least in the U.S. we have this problem that most math teachers (at least before 9th grade) are non-specialists in math who often dislike math as much as anyone, and this attitude is conveyed from each generation of teachers to the next.
This is why we started http://mathteacherscircle.org -- though of course a lot of the teachers we reach through this kind of program are the ones who need it least. --Joshua Zucker
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