tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post6852619786438679745..comments2024-03-26T23:23:06.905-07:00Comments on Blogger in Middle-earth: Complexity in ActionBlogger In Middle-earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-41922388589463481922009-09-11T15:14:24.512-07:002009-09-11T15:14:24.512-07:00Kia ora Virginia!
I wonder about some so-called p...Kia ora Virginia!<br /><br />I wonder about some so-called pedagogy. What mystifies me is that they are often so narrow in their point-of-view, dismissing alternative and possibly more effective ways of assisting learning.<br /><br />I'm not criticising pedagogy. It's just that so little is fully understood.<br /><br />I am familiar with situations similar to the one you describe here about your daughter. One of my daughters had poor numeracy at school - she did not do well in Mathematics. For whatever reason, she decided she was no good at Maths.<br /><br />It turned out that by some chance of fate she ended up working as a teller in a bank, a job that she enjoyed. In her first few months in that employment she was sent on a course in Financial Process. She was scared before she went for she knew it entailed Maths.<br /><br />When she came back she was elated as she topped the class! Work that out!<br /><br />I explained her engagement in terms of<br /><br />1 - method,<br /><br />2 - interest,<br /><br />3 - relevancy.<br /><br />Catchya laterBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-39536125966620982582009-09-11T09:11:39.397-07:002009-09-11T09:11:39.397-07:00My daughter lost her ability to look at a list of ...My daughter lost her ability to look at a list of numbers and give the number when she was forced to learn to "estimate" when she was in third grade. Not only was she forced to calculate numbers contrary to her understanding of them, but she was forced to do something that she did NOT understand the purpose for. She'd say, "Why do I have to estimate when I KNOW what the number is." Being forced to think of math in a different way made her embarressed that she was not "normal". This still plagues her as she will tell people that she is not good in math.V Yonkershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11910904367068063554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-86958202108261243982009-08-24T18:20:23.835-07:002009-08-24T18:20:23.835-07:00Kia ora e Paul!
Yes Scott is quite a spectacle.He...Kia ora e Paul!<br /><br />Yes Scott is quite a spectacle.He has a gift with people and especially with children which, apparently, is uncommon among those people who also possess the numeracy gift that he has. He was charmingly modest about his claim to greatness.<br /><br />Catchya laterBlogger In Middle-earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08722634477041121797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2107060758629396184.post-40332109550843318902009-08-22T07:09:20.100-07:002009-08-22T07:09:20.100-07:00Interesting overview of a gifted person in math. ...Interesting overview of a gifted person in math. I believe that some people have very special gifts like musicians and artists whose skills can be honed by training but there is something inherent in their abilities. How wonderful to see Scott energize large groups of students about the delights of mathematics. The first job of educators is to break down the walls of resistance.Paul Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836602667355512504noreply@blogger.com