I visit this blog from time to time, often because of a link from math-teach (as was the case time, where Benezet is again being discussed).
Kirby >From the comments section: http://rationalmathed.blogspot.com/2009/04/learning-math-by-thinking-hassler.html?showComment=1241886900000#c2653646878615873077 PS: I just overheard my daughter talking about a debate in which a team took the position that ending corporate personhood would amount to a violation of human rights, because it would be a form of genocide under current law. Pretty funny. === MPG writes: Teachers are key, but for them to be effective, they need to be free to teach real mathematics from a broad range of perspectives. Our attempts here to limit K-12 mathematics to the same boring nonsense we've been trying, mostly unsuccessfully, to shove down kids' throats for over a century is just utterly inadequate for the needs of a 21st century democracy. There is SO much wrong with how restricted and narrow our vision is that it would take years of blogging by me and many others to touch on it all. For a look at just a few of the possibilities, look at the Computer Science Unplugged Web Site, the This Is MegaMathematics! site, and google a book called DIGITAL MATHEMATICS FOR THE DIGITAL AGE and PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON. These aren't all that's out there, but they begin to touch on alternatives few teachers in regular K-12 are looking at or exploring. Some would, if they could, but almost no one is in a position to do so. etc. _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig