There was this really great documentary talking about the way kids should learn math (and also how useful maths are in today's society): http://www.dailymotion.

There was this really great documentary talking about the way kids should learn math (and also how useful maths are in today's society): http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1etsod_how-i-came-to-hate-math-comment-j-ai-deteste-les-maths-2013-trailer-english-subs_shortfilms http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1etsod_how-i-came-to-hate-... I don't know if there is an english version of the whole documentary, but if there is, I strongly recommend it (plus, there are strong contributions by Villani who won Fields medal).