[Edu-sig] another "must have" generator

[kirby urner]

You sound like a brave man roberto.  You've come to the right place. :)

Kirby


On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 1:11 PM, roberto <roberto03 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:24 AM, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:
>> For some of it, I'd expect to switch more into a "music appreciation"
>> mode i.e. we spend too little time explaining why on earth we do so
>> much around polynomials, make them an in-depth vocational exercise
>> without promising anything specific about their job relevance.  When
>> was the last time any of you needed to factor a polynomial for work,
>> and couldn't use Mathematica?
>>
>
> i definitely agree with you and since i am a young teacher in italy i
> am struggling to change the wave which suffocate the desire for math
> in students ...
>
> i plan to cook some resource where math is taught in reverse order,
> i.e. starting from real-young world and only after you show the theory
> behind
>
> since i know many are on the same point of view, please let me know
> how to get in contact with other teachers working in this direction
>
> thank you anyway
>
> --
> roberto
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