Monday, September 28, 2009

Questions Reflection

There seems to be a real disconnect between what the teachers are trying to teach, and what students think they need to learn. How then do we make students appreciate math once it is not as obvious how the knowledge will apply to their lives? Ilija really stressed the importance of developing student's thinking processes. So do we say to the students that we are not really teaching them math, but developing their thinking processes? It seems that motivation to learn is definitely going to be the hardest thing for us to nurture. I know that I have always struggled to motivate my own education, especially when I felt like I was having a hard time understanding the ideas, and I like math so I can only imagine how difficult it is to motivate someone who doesn't enjoy math to begin with. I hope to gain some insight in to this once I start my practicum.

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