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patrice

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5. I like what, I think it was, John Dewey had to say about this stuff: We have it backwards in

Reply to proud2BlibKansan (Original post)

Tue May 15, 2012, 10:24 PM

May 2012

education. We start by trying to make everyone generalists and if we/they survive that battle long enough, after, what, something like 16 years of that, we let them FINALLY become specialists, i.e. what we assume (probably pretty mistakenly by that time) they WANT to be.

Dewey said we should start by helping them discover what kind of specialist they are and proceed from there to generalism.

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A radical idea to transform what kids learn in school [View all] proud2BlibKansan May 2012 OP

We don't need mathmaticians, we need kids who can read a tape measure, know fractions... NYC_SKP May 2012 #1

When I'm in that nursing home or hospital many years from now, proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #2

! patrice May 2012 #4

Math has intrinsic value, beyond a means of employment. The logic patterns alone are patrice May 2012 #3

I like what, I think it was, John Dewey had to say about this stuff: We have it backwards in patrice May 2012 #5

Maybe math major jobs are capped out but exboyfil May 2012 #6

Radical, but a lot of BS longship May 2012 #7

We dont need mathematicians, but we need people who understand the basic concepts of maths and Mass May 2012 #8