Maria,

 

I more or less share your definition (socialization is coercive),
particularly glaring in Maths. Only realized they could be fun when I
decided to unlearn and design my own learning environment to pass first year
Statistics. Since then I taught Statistics and quan methods to fellow
students, and they all passed by tearing down the unintelligible wall rather
than any bright skills of mine. Years have passed by and still Stats are the
"daunting ogre" and it's sad to see how many Sociology undergrads are
attracted to qual in rejection to  Stats & SPSS+, thus re-enacting the false
myth of quan- qual confrontation. Fairly common-sense, but shouldn't
research goals, variables of study & budget define most appropriate methods
rather than any given assumption or preference?  

 

Keep up with such fascinating work!

 

Alex

 

De: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] En
nombre de Maria Droujkova
Enviado el: martes, 09 de diciembre de 2008 2:02
Para: [email protected]
Asunto: [WikiEducator] Re: WikiEducator goes non-violent?

 

If we include "coercive" in the definition of "violent" then forcing kids
learn is an example of violent content. As a math educator, I see a lot of
kiddie torture related to my subject.

This is also a good example of how varied our definitions of "violent
behavior" can be. I meet very few people who share that definition.

On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 6:25 PM, Leigh Blackall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

Can you describe what violent behavior and content might look like in
Wikieducator? 






-- 
Cheers,
MariaD

Make math your own, to make your own math.



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