Re: [Edu-sig] mixed messages about math...

2016-08-05 Thread kirby urner
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Carl Karsten wrote: > I pretty much disagree with your conclusion about "what is said. .. CS is > not Math" and all the conclusions and predictions. > > Math classes and math teachers are not going to be replaced by anything. > > Most of the articles I see begin w

Re: [Edu-sig] mixed messages about math...

2016-08-05 Thread A. Jorge Garcia via Edu-sig
SORRY, HAD TO FIX TYPOS FROM MY PHONE: Hi Kirby, et al, As usual you hit the nail right on its proverbial head!  When I started teaching in the 1980s, student enrollments and math positions were on the decline.  I had to find a new position every year for the first 5 years as a Math  Teacher.  A

Re: [Edu-sig] mixed messages about math...

2016-08-05 Thread A. Jorge Garcia via Edu-sig
Kirby, as usual you hit the nail right on its proverbial head! When I started teaching in the 1980s, student enrolments and math positions were on the decline. I had to find a new position every year for the first 5 years as a Math Teacher. As such, I saw how several schools handed CS curriculae.

Re: [Edu-sig] mixed messages about math...

2016-08-05 Thread Carl Karsten
I pretty much disagree with your conclusion about "what is said. .. CS is not Math" and all the conclusions and predictions. Math classes and math teachers are not going to be replaced by anything. In HS my CS teacher was a trained musician. He did fine teaching Basic, but had no idea how to tea

Re: [Edu-sig] mixed messages about math...

2016-08-05 Thread David Handy
You haven't heard me on this list for a while, but I've been lurking! About Math and CS - I remember the time (when I was in high school, early 1980s) that there were several Math textbooks that included short computer programs right in the text. Students were encouraged to type these program

[Edu-sig] mixed messages about math...

2016-08-05 Thread kirby urner
I was just drafting another blog post for CERM Academy, which manages streams of thought pieces going out to subscribers, then warehoused in a WordPress site. [1] As a former high school math teacher, my question is about the likely fate of that profession, in the light of two messages coming loud