Hi Billy, On Jan 9, 2012, at 11:47 AM, [email protected] wrote: > However, it does strike me that emphasis should be on useful math, > not high order math unless someone plans to enter a profession > where those kinds of skills are essential, like physics, astronomy, > math teaching, some kinds of economics, etc.
I completely agree. Fortunately, there's a burgeoning movement about finding betters ways to think about math: http://worrydream.com/KillMath/ http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12156 Well, maybe "burgeoning" is the wrong word, but the seeds are being planted... http://fortheloveofmath.wordpress.com/2011/04/24/education-2020-reigniting-a-love-of-math-by-reinventing-school/ Math is far too important to be left to mathematicians, just like philosophy is too important to entrust to philosophers. -- Ernie P. > -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
