grass_is_green

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   by grass_is_green 3y ago

   3+4=7 is what NZ primary school teachers mean when they say "basic facts." Source: I have two children in NZ primary schools.
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   by grass_is_green 3y ago

   The private high school in my small NZ town costs half of the before tax salary of someone on minimum wage. For a good IT job in this town, probably still 1/2 to 1/3 of your after tax salary. Private schools here are very much a
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   by grass_is_green 3y ago

   I think you need both. If you teach maths in a JIT fashion, when do you learn "basic facts" like 3+4=7? If you don't teach that stuff systematically, how do students get to the point where they feel they can apply maths relia
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   by grass_is_green 3y ago

   The problem is that this isn't the only news about a wacky new science curriculum. There's also the attempt to shoehorn "Matauranga Maori" - Maori (the indigenous people of NZ) "ways of knowing" in there. htt