From peter.gates@nottingham.ac.uk Wed, 01 Nov 2000 14:27:35 +0000 Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 14:27:35 +0000 From: Peter Gates peter.gates@nottingham.ac.uk Subject: [Maths-Education] quote from Everybody counts...
------=_NextPart_000_0059_01C043F5.DBC2D040-- From peter.gates@nottingham.ac.uk Thu, 02 Nov 2000 13:48:03 +0000 Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 13:48:03 +0000 From: Peter Gates peter.gates@nottingham.ac.uk Subject: [Maths-Education] Money counts..or money talks? I have just come across two UK publications "Money counts" by BEAM and the Financial Services authority which claims to be developing financial capability in the primary school linked to the numeracy strategy. Another is a published by the "4 learning and maths year 20002" (never heard of them myself). this is called "Your family counts". Both books give classroom resources purporting to develop childrens and families numeracy by looking at matters financial. Nothing in these books seems to be developing in children the real values of money - i.e. the issues of disadvantage, poverty, social injustice, usury, etc. etc. I am interested in thinking about whether some of us could put something together (e.g. "Money Talks" or "It's only being really rich that matters") that consists of activities, examples etc. that raise the critical aspects and uses of mathematics. There might of course be a wealth (ooops) of resources out there of which i am unfamiliar, but it strikes me as potentially useful to consider giving teachers some tasks that raises real social questions about the way in which poverty is both unevenly distributed, how poverty is spread, how it costs the poor more to live than it costs the rich and all that stuff. Is anyone interested, or does anyone have ideas?? Best wishes, Peter ************************************************** Peter Gates Centre for the Study of Mathematics Education University of Nottingham Nottingham, NG7 2RD Great Britain peter.gates@nottingham.ac.uk Tel: +44 115 951 4432 Fax: +44 115 846 6600 Mobile: 0773 080 8353 (pgates@genie.co.uk) http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/csme ************************************************** From akst@idt.net Wed, 01 Nov 2000 12:45:03 -0500 Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 12:45:03 -0500 From: Geoffrey Akst akst@idt.net Subject: [Maths-Education] Internett - distance education --=====================_11686534==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, Norway! A committee has been formed by the American=20 Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges (AMATYC) to focus on the=20 issue of DL in math. The contact person is Nancy Sattler=20 (nsattler@terra.cc.oh.us, nancy1950@hotmail.com). I'm a humble member of=20 this committee, and am very interested in the subject. Also, you might=20 want to write to Jodi Cotten (JodiCotten@mail.sunyjcc.edu) who is teaching= =20 several math DL courses this term at her college and is an excellent=20 resource. I am taking the liberty of cc:ing this message to both Nancy and= =20 Jodi. I'd be grateful if you spot any math DL courses on the Web that=20 you think highly of. I'm always on the lookout for same. Regards, Geoff Akst At 05:10 PM 11/1/00 +0100, you wrote: >***************************************************************************= =20 >***** This message has been generated through the Mathematics Education=20 >email discussion list. Hitting the REPLY key sends a message to all list=20 >members.=20 >***************************************************************************= =20 >***** >I am interested in any research, reports, articles or ongoing research=20 >concerning the use on Internet for distance education in mathematics, or=20 >perhaps combined distance /on campus teaching Perhaps you know of reports= =20 >or articles awailable on the Internet? I would be very happy to receive=20 >good advices where to look. > >Best wishes >Anne Berit Fuglestad >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Anne Berit Fuglestad, Institutt for Matematiske fag >H=F8gskolen i Agder, Tordenskjoldsgt. 65, Serviceboks 422, 4604=20 >Kristiansand, Norway >Tel. + 47 38 14 15 38 e-mail: Anne.B.Fuglestad@hia.no >Fax. + 47 38 14 10=20 >11-----Original = Message-----*******************************************= *************************************=20 This message has been generated through the Mathematics Education = email=20 discussion list. Hitting the REPLY key sends a message to all list = members.=20 = *************************************************************************= *******=20 =20
From:=20 Peter Gates <peter.gates@nottingham.ac.uk= >
To:=20 maths-education@nottingh= am.ac.uk=20 <maths-education@nottingh= am.ac.uk>
Date:=20 Wednesday, November 01, 2000 10:12 AM
Subject:=20 [Maths-Education] quote from Everybody=20 = counts...National=20 Research Council (1989) Everybody Counts. Report to the nation on = the=20 future of mathematics education, Washington DC: National Academy = Press.=20
- Does anyone have an idea of the page in the report: =
I would appreciate any replies direct ot me please??? = Thanks.=20
- the following appears??
- Teachers’ roles should include those of consultant, = moderator=20 and interlocutor, not just presenter and authority. Classroom = activities=20 must encourage students to express their approaches, both orally = and in=20 writing. Students must engage Mathematics as a human activity; = they must=20 learn to work cooperatively in small teams to solve problems as = well as=20 to argue convincingly for their approach amid conflicting ideas = and=20 strategies.
- (National Research Council, 1989, p. ??)
Best wishes,Peter
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I am interested in any research, reports, articles or ongoing research concerning the use on Internet for distance education in mathematics, or perhaps combined distance /on campus teaching Perhaps you know of reports or articles awailable on the Internet? I would be very happy to receive good advices where to look.
Best wishes
Anne Berit Fuglestad
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