Re: Teaching English?

"Dr A. N. Walker" <anw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> In article <ciIlf.22427$Cj5.12437@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> Brian Reay <see@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>In the UK, we are expected to include literacy, numeracy, IT, and "Social
>>Moral and Cultural Development" into all lessons. Sometimes a challenge in
>>maths- [...].
>
> Right. On the other hand, I don't think it's a challenge we
> should duck. If students came to us able to write mathematics -- by
> which I mean with proper sentence structure [as in the text books]
> rather than just as a list of expressions randomly connected by "="
> or "=>" -- it would be a big help to their efforts.

Real problem, in my view, is that maths is seen as being about "getting the
answer" - often a number- at the lower levels and not about a thinking
process that solves a problem.

>If they were
> willing to use IT properly, that would be another big help.

Well, maybe. However, IT is a tool, not a solution.

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73
Brian, G8OSN
www.g8osn.org.uk


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