[IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 10, Issue 18

[Edward Cherlin]

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 5:17 AM, Alan Kay <alan.nemo at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Isn't that just what my second paragraph says?
>
> The first important question is what kind of results do you want to achieve
> in the real world? Do you mean "We need strategies for getting children to
> learn real math even if there are no adults who understand real math?"

That's part of my plan. It's very close to how I learned math, mostly
from books. Of course, I will not be assuming my talent for math in my
lessons. I will program demonstrations of ideas, with explanations. I
hope that others will join in.

So, Bryan, what ideas, topics, skills, whatever do your Nepalese
children most need?

> Cheers,
>
> Alan
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bryan Berry <bryan at olenepal.org>
> To: iaep at lists.sugarlabs.org
> Sent: Sunday, January 4, 2009 2:32:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] IAEP Digest, Vol 10, Issue 18
>
>> From: Alan Kay <alan.nemo at yahoo.com>
>
>> Also, I have given an account in several places of some of the wonderful
>> teaching approaches of first grade teacher Julia Nishijima (when she was at
>> the LA Open Magnet School). These include setting up an environment in which
>> children construct and really do discover 1st and 2nd order growth laws as
>> arithmetic progressions. Most of her (and Mary Laycocke's) stuff was done
>> before computers (and doesn't need computers) but can later be enhanced by
>> computers.
>>
>> The biggest limitation by far here is not the knowledge of how to do this
>> stuff, but the fact that most elementary school teachers have essentially no
>> sense of math, and very few of these really want to learn anything about
>> math.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Alan
>
> This approach works well in an idealized situation, one with an
> extremely well-trained teacher and supportive school administration. The
> vast majority of classrooms in developing countries-and developed
> ones-won't have these advantages in the short-term or long-term. We need
> strategies that don't depend on an exceptional educator leading the
> classroom.
>
> --
> Bryan W. Berry
> Technology Director
> OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org
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