Alan, Okay, I'll bite, I can see how you believe the "standard curriculum" is way off, but what part of their proposed solution do you disagree with and where do you see as the preferred paths?"
In particular in the article they state "*Science and math were originally discovered together, and they are best learned together now." which I assume you agree with based on past writings.* I can see how you might disagree that learning Latin has no value (I have learned a lot from attempting to learn smalltalk). My fear in what the authors suggest is that the "real world" problems will be like what I saw in 1902 textbook Algebra Text by Milne<http://books.google.com/books?id=DhU4AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22William+James+Milne%22&hl=en&ei=27VWTvfzIqjd0QGLo6DRDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-preview-link&resnum=5&ved=0CEEQuwUwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false> which I found in an ice cream shop on Cape Cod (I only go to the best ice cream shoppes ;) The book was filled with "real world" problems (and little visualizations or age appropriate concrete tasks/objects kids could relate to) for ex: [image: books?id=DhU4AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA356&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=ACfU3U1k1CWXvlkhypODoZuTWebG14bH1Q&ci=93%2C458%2C873%2C105&edge=0] I look forward to your response, the destruction of my existing beliefs and being freed to learn :) Stephen On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Alan Kay <alan.n...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Walter > > As with a number of other issues in education, I strongly disagree with > both of the main opposing sides. Both the standard curriculum, and these > guys, are way off IMO. > > Cheers, > > Alan > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> > *To:* iaep <iaep@lists.sugarlabs.org> > *Sent:* Thursday, August 25, 2011 9:47 AM > *Subject:* [IAEP] food for thought... > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/opinion/how-to-fix-our-math-education.html?_r=1&ref=opinion > > -walter > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep >
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