Reflection on Liebeck and Skemp Reflecting on my readings of Skemp, R. (1989) Mathematics in the Primary School, and Liebeck, P. (1990) How Children Learn Mathematics. I have reflected on the importance of Mathematics in the world around us as human beings and how it is taught within our schools. Skemp asks the question ‘Why is Mathematics still a problem subject for so many?’ One of the theories put forward is that the teaching of Maths is seen as satisfying teachers and adults by children achieving ticks for their mathematical work passing exams without fully understanding the subject. However children are achieving this through rote, a form of habitual learning. Intelligent learning is adaptable achieving the answer by way of different procedures or routes (building up knowledge) in understanding how to figure out the problem by a variety of schemas.
It is possible to make sound hypothesis, based on less detailed information. Variables and fluctuations happen and are a normal part of life. These steps follow a specific order that is considered the ideal rational for decisions (Group/Individual, 1999-2000). The other weakness in this model is it is time consuming. A lot of research goes into making business decisions but if for each decision, one had to follow the Bazerman and Moore’s six-step model even less would get accomplished.
Lairds tone seems to change from the beginning to the end of the story.at first she lets us know that she loved her online class. But now her tone breaches the point right before insanity! Now she could run and jump off a bridge rather than teach her online class. The relief she gets from her classroom setting is far from what the students online give her. In the beginning of the article laird starts out by saying “The honey moon is over.” Laird is trying to paint a portrait that she used to love to be an online teacher.
When Kincaid views the map of England presented to the class by the teacher, she makes a sarcastic comment, “at the time I saw this map - seeing England for the first time - I did not say to myself “Ah, so that’s what it looks like.” Her teacher views the map with awe. Through this statement it is evident of Kincaid’s perspective of England. She shows much less enthusiasm because she feels a loss of her Antiguan culture with an over emphasis on the English way. Another example of sarcasm used by Kincaid is when she tells of the realization that nearly everything on her island comes from England. She states that the food, clothing, accessories and cars all seem to have been “Made in England.” Kincaid explains to draw a map of England would result in her erasure, not physical erasure, but her erasure all the same.
In example, if a student gets by in his English class not caring and not trying to learn, but his teacher likes the student so he passed him, when that student goes to college he will have trouble because he doesn’t know how to write a correct essay because he was given the grade. “Ten of thousands of 18 years-old will graduate this year and will be handed meaningless diplomas (Sherry 510). This shows most students have high school diplomas but
I am a visual and kinesthetic learner. Understanding how mechanical, electric, and physical mechanisms work is a unique talent I possess. Math comes easy to me, as does the majority of any visual lesson where my intellect may benefit. So how does this apply to me being a SNOOT? I often become a SNOOT when I observe ignorance in an individual trying to fix something.
It gives us a chance to express what we might like to do or something we enjoy. But Gatto has the nerve to imply that public schools diminish creativity. I remember in 4th grade my English teacher gave us a paper on what we would like our future home to look like. She said, "be creative" while going about your paper. Now a freshman in college, teachers still praise me to use in (as well as students in my classes) in school projects, essays, and artwork to be as creative as possible.
That is really all the teacher is trying to do. Make you want to work harder so you can start writing like a professional. All teachers have seen many essays over their career and they expect the new students every year to be able to write better than the last. Just like in a job, if the manager gets fired and you get promoted to manager your expected to be better than the last one; and teachers know by the end of the year if they have taught their students to be better than last year’s students. To them if that doesn’t turn out to be true then they feel like they have failed and didn’t do their job.
I hated to do this so as I said before, this teaches that lesson of what’s right and wrong, therefor learning civility. As I got grew up I learned something every year. In first grade I learned that when older people help younger kids out for a whole school year you can really learn a lot. We had 8th grade buddies that were there every morning waiting for us in our classroom to talk to us before the school day started. Our teachers were very old and wise so they knew that this wouldn’t just be a learning experience for the 8th graders but also the 1st.
Luckily, depending on how much one cares about their art, they may have more pros than cons. For an art major, the majority of your art is going to be homework. Therefore, that means that one of the negatives of being an art major is when your project is taken home, you have to worry about something happening to it. This list could be an abundance of things: coffee spill, an animal treats it as a toy, a roommate drops and breaks it, etc. Another con is the competition of your classmates.