Reasoning & Problem-solving – The New Black? The New Brain Gym? Or Just The New Curriculum?
Reasoning and Problem Solving
When the new Australian curriculum goes live in 2015, teachers across the country are being asked to – among other things – get students thinking mathematically. Two of the four proficiency strands are Problem Solving and Reasoning, (the others being Understanding and Fluency).
Posted by Lubos Remplik on 27th August 2014 at 12:00am
What’s Philosophy Got To Do With It? Or… We’re Mates With Maths
When I told people that my work with philosophy for children had moved me into mathematics for children, and how we teach it, a lot of them were surprised. They are still surprised when I insist that philosophy and maths are closely related. For many, those two subjects would seem opposite ends of the spectrum: at one end is cold hard mathematics with its truths set in stone, and the other is philosophy, as vague and elusive as a puff of smoke. But this is to misunderstand them both.
Posted by Lubos Remplik on 15th August 2014 at 12:00am
Category: Philosophy, P4C, Maths
When Numbers Won’t Behave
Some people like Maths because it feels like a land of certainty. Where other subjects – indeed life in general – teem with doubts and contradictions, numbers are cool, hard and permanent. You know where you are with them.
But is this how numbers really are, or just how we want them to be?
Posted by Lubos Remplik on 14th August 2014 at 12:00am
