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Philosophy Of Education: Emphasis on Mathematics

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Uploaded by on Oct 9, 2006

This is a video where I discuss the problems with Math teaching and give simple solutions to fix those very common problems.

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  • Matthew, you are absolutely right.

  • Rock on, Matthew. Rock on.

  • Did you have to do this for teachers' certification or registration? 

    You are saying what is taught today in every teacher preparation course in existence in the English speaking world. Reassuring that some are listening.

  • I am Secondary Ed. for English, and I found your philosophy inspiring, and relevant to even my content area. Just so you know. :)

  • theoretical mathematics vs. applied mathemathics.....

    btw i use the train atleast twice a day.....

  • Gud Philosophy especially about believing in the students. Now can you make a video about the beurocracy in education?

  • that's not a very constructive comment. why not provide some insight, instead of straight criticism?

  • Train or bike, it won't make a difference. Don't presume that kids are that dumb man. Peeps definitely ride trains btw. To motivate students to learn, i believe they must appreciate the purpose of it. School allows a person to move forward in life. THAT is why its important to struggle in school learning material that may not be relevant to anything in your life. Right now im an econ major and I get it that im probably not gonna use any of the things i learn in class, but thats not the point.

  • nice video mate. i'm just leaving uni with a degree in philosophy, going on to study logic and philo of maths at masters level and i agree 100%. the teachers who were best (incidentally teaching the hardest, 'least relevant' subjects were SO knowledgeable, SO enthusiastic, and made it SO fun - they took the subject seriously but not themselves; jokes abounded about people in the room and examples were so silly they were vivid - but it worked, we got it and we remembered it. and no BS either.

  • That's shocking.

    Maybe there should be some sort of basic "math literacy" test for teachers applying to BEd programs. (For those applying to teach mathematics, that is.)

    That teachers can't do epsilon delta proofs is a bit less surprising, especially if they've been out of school for a while... but fresh grads with 10 courses in math I would have thought would still remember how to do common university math problems.

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