TEDxNYED - Dan Meyer - 03/06/10

Dan Meyer teaches high school math outside of Santa Cruz, CA, and explores the intersection of math instruction, multimedia, and inquiry-based learning. He received his Masters of Arts from the University of California at Davis in 2005 and Cable in the Classroom's Leader in Learning award in 2008. He currently works for Google as a curriculum fellow and lives with his wife in Santa Cruz, CA.

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[11889music]

This man is a hero. He should paid what the worthless professional athletes are paid in this country.

[Murre3000]

This guy says exactly what I have been thinking since i left school. Teachers teach things backwards when they first give the formulas and afterwards apply it to problems. Instead when introducing new concepts, they should give the students problems that they don't yet have the skills to solve. Then as the students thinks about and trying to solve it, the teacher can introduce the skills to the kids that now are motivated to learn the new stuff. This way kids will learn to solve real problems.

[greenophotography]

@11889music Couldn't agree more. Extremely articulate.

[makeiteasyable]

ye his good..

[1993archer1]

Totally agree that teachers need to more describe why the problem is there, give reason to solve.add realistic interest

[MyDOMNICA]

Matematica - limbajul Universal al Ştiinţei.

[andyrooney12]

@tonybeir

You what's bullshit? You made a great point & 106 people gave you thumbs up but...it has been a year since you posted your comment & things are still quite the same. Human beings make progress at such a slow rate because we are naturally more comfortable with what's familiar and radical but simple changes like this take far too long to be made.