[Maths-Education] The resource for the course

Tue, 18 Sep 2001 15:38:38 +0100

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I agree with Ann and probably in their hearts so do many maths teachers. =
 The difficulty is sustaining that belief and transferring into practice =
in schools today.  In schools which are not under tight surveillance it =
may be possible to relax and get on with doing maths in the classroom.  =
For many teachers though that feels like a forbidden luxury.  If your =
school or LEA is demed to be underachieving then the exams (now in Y7 =
for many as well as Y9, Y11, Y12 and Y13) inevitably dominate the =
agenda.  Schools which are doing well will now come under increasing =
pressure to produce the results earlier. The students start to become =
infected by the panic and as a teacher you really stand out if you =
suggest that doing vast numbers of practice papers, or buying revision =
guides or... is not a sensible use of time and resources!=20
There are perhaps two places though where "real", exciting, =
investigative, discursive, non-national curriculum (add your own =
descriptor!) maths is allowed to go on.  One is within the remit of the =
(in my view) sickening "gifted and talented" policy.  The other =
ironically is with the bottom 10% No-one expects these children to =
achieve any results of statistical importance and I found as a teacher =
that I had the most freedom and consequently the richest mathematical =
experiences with these groups.=20

Corinne Angier

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