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The sister comments showing that the “racial sensitivity guide” was actually a random infographic that didn’t even remotely imply what you said it did made me c

The sister comments showing that the “racial sensitivity guide” was actually a random infographic that didn’t even remotely imply what you said it did made me curious so I looked over the New Zealand syllabus, too. I can’t see anything whatsoever indicating they teach the existence of a non physical life force. What I do see is some use of te reo Māori which I expect, like any language, will influence the way that students learn chemistry. That doesn’t necessarily sound like a bad thing to me, especially given it’s one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s official languages. Edit: forgot to link the doc: https://ncea.education.govt.nz/science/chemistry-and-biology?view=learning https://ncea.education.govt.nz/science/chemistry-and-biology...

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GameOfFrowns 4y ago
>What I do see is some use of te reo Māori which I expect, like any language, will influence the way that students learn chemistry. Reminds me of the time when I had a software tutorial Google-translated from Farsi to English and it sounded like a magical incantation.
- Ancapistani 4y ago
  If you’ve not seen it, I present to you the lyrics to the song “All Star”, by Smash Mouth - translated from English to Aramaic, then back to English: There was one who said unto me that the universe was going to cause me to tremble, That I am not the sharpest cutting implement in the storehouse. She had the appearance unto me as a stupid one, With her finger and her thumb In the frame of a Greek gamma upon her forehead. Behold, the years begin coming, and do not cease from coming. Fed unto the axioms, and I fell upon the earth and ran. It was not acceptable if not to live for the sake of pleasurable things. Your brain increases its wisdom, but your heart increases its stupidity. A great amount to do, a great amount to see, Therefore, there is no difficult problem if we take the streets of the backside. You will not know if you do not go. You will not shine if you do not glow. Behold currently! You are entirely a star child! Begin your power! Go! Laugh! Behold currently! You are a master of the music! Begin your singing! Acquire your wages! All that sparkles is gold! Comets alone shatter the frame!
garbagetime 4y ago
The key word for looking into this is Tikanga (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikanga_M%C4%81ori https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikanga_M%C4%81ori). It has become a common belief that it is the duty of New Zealand schools under the Treaty of Waitangi to integrate Maori culture into students' learning. This belief is talked about in this article, which is a very informative article about the current state of Tikanga Maori in New Zealand: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/447962/the-schools-walking-the-treaty-talk https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/447962/the-schools-walki.... It is clear that Tikanga Maori is being implemented in many of the science class rooms of New Zealand.
hackinthebochs 4y ago
https://archive.ph/u86Ke https://archive.ph/u86Ke >The framework recommends eight times that teachers use a troubling document, “A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction: Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction.” This manual claims that teachers addressing students’ mistakes forthrightly is a form of white supremacy. It sets forth indicators of “white supremacy culture in the mathematics classroom,” including a focus on “getting the right answer,” teaching math in a “linear fashion,” requiring students to “show their work” and grading them on demonstrated knowledge of the subject matter. “The concept of mathematics being purely objective is unequivocally false,” the manual explains. “Upholding the idea that there are always right and wrong answers perpetuates ‘objectivity.’ ” Apparently, that’s also racist.
- AnimalMuppet 4y ago
  > “The concept of mathematics being purely objective is unequivocally false” Stop. Right. There. Where do they get this "unequivocally false"? That sounds like they think they have something "purely objective" in... sociology, maybe? They're using their "purely objective" sociology to judge the objectivity of math, and finding math to be non-objective. That's insane. These people should be barred from math and sociology.
  - readthenotes1 4y ago
    You got your Axiom of Choice and Goëdel's Theorems to contend with in math. In sociology, you got the replicability crisis (aka, it's mostly bulkshit). The Sociologists want to bring that to mathematics so that the marginalized of the world don't feel inferior.
- eternalban 4y ago
  "The troubling document" is here: https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/1_STRIDE1.pdf https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11... (haven't read it yet). See also: https://www.quetzalec.com/ https://www.quetzalec.com/ relevant sample: "While some mathematical skills and concepts build off each other, the forced construct of linear teaching reinforces objectivity. A prime example is how matrices is considered a precalculus standard, even though the only math skill needed as a prerequisite is arithmetic. This is highly detrimental to students because they are systematically deprived of knowledge they could access due to false constructs. Math teachers have internalized the sequences that have been predetermined by standards and textbooks, rather than sequencing learning based on (pre)requisite knowledge. In general, teachers teach math like a ladder rather than a web."

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GameOfFrowns 4y ago

>What I do see is some use of te reo Māori which I expect, like any language, will influence the way that students learn chemistry. Reminds me of the time when I had a software tutorial Google-translated from Farsi to English and it sounded like a magical incantation.

Ancapistani 4y ago
If you’ve not seen it, I present to you the lyrics to the song “All Star”, by Smash Mouth - translated from English to Aramaic, then back to English: There was one who said unto me that the universe was going to cause me to tremble, That I am not the sharpest cutting implement in the storehouse. She had the appearance unto me as a stupid one, With her finger and her thumb In the frame of a Greek gamma upon her forehead. Behold, the years begin coming, and do not cease from coming. Fed unto the axioms, and I fell upon the earth and ran. It was not acceptable if not to live for the sake of pleasurable things. Your brain increases its wisdom, but your heart increases its stupidity. A great amount to do, a great amount to see, Therefore, there is no difficult problem if we take the streets of the backside. You will not know if you do not go. You will not shine if you do not glow. Behold currently! You are entirely a star child! Begin your power! Go! Laugh! Behold currently! You are a master of the music! Begin your singing! Acquire your wages! All that sparkles is gold! Comets alone shatter the frame!

garbagetime 4y ago

The key word for looking into this is Tikanga (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikanga_M%C4%81ori https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikanga_M%C4%81ori). It has become a common belief that it is the duty of New Zealand schools under the Treaty of Waitangi to integrate Maori culture into students' learning. This belief is talked about in this article, which is a very informative article about the current state of Tikanga Maori in New Zealand: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/447962/the-schools-walking-the-treaty-talk https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/447962/the-schools-walki.... It is clear that Tikanga Maori is being implemented in many of the science class rooms of New Zealand.

hackinthebochs 4y ago

https://archive.ph/u86Ke https://archive.ph/u86Ke >The framework recommends eight times that teachers use a troubling document, “A Pathway to Equitable Math Instruction: Dismantling Racism in Mathematics Instruction.” This manual claims that teachers addressing students’ mistakes forthrightly is a form of white supremacy. It sets forth indicators of “white supremacy culture in the mathematics classroom,” including a focus on “getting the right answer,” teaching math in a “linear fashion,” requiring students to “show their work” and grading them on demonstrated knowledge of the subject matter. “The concept of mathematics being purely objective is unequivocally false,” the manual explains. “Upholding the idea that there are always right and wrong answers perpetuates ‘objectivity.’ ” Apparently, that’s also racist.

AnimalMuppet 4y ago
> “The concept of mathematics being purely objective is unequivocally false” Stop. Right. There. Where do they get this "unequivocally false"? That sounds like they think they have something "purely objective" in... sociology, maybe? They're using their "purely objective" sociology to judge the objectivity of math, and finding math to be non-objective. That's insane. These people should be barred from math and sociology.
- readthenotes1 4y ago
  You got your Axiom of Choice and Goëdel's Theorems to contend with in math. In sociology, you got the replicability crisis (aka, it's mostly bulkshit). The Sociologists want to bring that to mathematics so that the marginalized of the world don't feel inferior.
eternalban 4y ago
"The troubling document" is here: https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11/1_STRIDE1.pdf https://equitablemath.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/11... (haven't read it yet). See also: https://www.quetzalec.com/ https://www.quetzalec.com/ relevant sample: "While some mathematical skills and concepts build off each other, the forced construct of linear teaching reinforces objectivity. A prime example is how matrices is considered a precalculus standard, even though the only math skill needed as a prerequisite is arithmetic. This is highly detrimental to students because they are systematically deprived of knowledge they could access due to false constructs. Math teachers have internalized the sequences that have been predetermined by standards and textbooks, rather than sequencing learning based on (pre)requisite knowledge. In general, teachers teach math like a ladder rather than a web."