Hi Billy, On Mar 23, 2010, at 11:42 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Is it crucial for everyone to be expert in Reconstruction History or botany > or 20th century film ? > All these subjects and many more are clearly useful to know, but no-one can > really become > --pardon the pun-- a universal polymath. choices have to be made. By all > means, > in other words, encourage students to learn math. But make it meaningful math.
Well said, and nicely written. :-) I completely agree. I have long been mystified why primary education is taught in abstract "silos" by discipline rather than in an integrated fashion focused on narratives and problem-solving (e.g., the way all other media is structured). -- Ernie P. _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
