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 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:24 AM, kirby urner <[email protected]> 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 > OS: GNU/Linux > Debian > Kubuntu, Edubuntu > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
