Ernie: Not sure whether to thank you or grumble about not needing to defend myself against a counter argument. I'll settle for thanking you since, some days, one more counter argument is one too many. But, yeah, let's make math meaningful. And history, English lit, geology, and all the rest. This is not just a problem in math teaching. Billy ================================================================ In a message dated 3/24/2010 8:04:32 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
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/
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