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> applies social justice principles to math lessons. ... huh? Does anyone know what this looks like?
by ng12 5y ago
> applies social justice principles to math lessons.
... huh? Does anyone know what this looks like?
- tomatofarmer 5y agoThey teach that math is subjective. Objectivity is the corner stone of white supremacy. > "The concept of mathematics being purely objective is unequivocally false, and teaching it is even much less so. Upholding the idea that there are always right and wrong answers perpetuate objectivity as well as fear of open conflict." https://equitablemath.org/ https://equitablemath.org/ https://www.newsweek.com/math-suffers-white-supremacy-according-bill-gates-funded-course-1571511 https://www.newsweek.com/math-suffers-white-supremacy-accord...
- ibejoeb 5y agoFrom the text: Incorporate the history of mathematics into lessons. • Verbal Example: Why do you think we call it Pythagorean’s theorem, when it was used before he was even born? What should we call it instead? You can only cram so many failures into one excerpt...
- pineconewarrior 5y agofrom the Newsweek link: > She noted that an earlier draft of the framework included sample lessons on calculating a school cafeteria’s food waste — but that many of her students would have found the entire exercise alienating because they lack food security at home. .... .... how about we fix the lack of food security instead of all of this!?
- frozenlettuce 5y agoI'm curious to see how this will turn out as other countries are not buying into this nonsense. In an increasingly competitive world this is a recipe for disaster.