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CaptainBlack
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There is a interesting post on Tim Gower's blog which is really about what to teach those in the UK who presently drop maths at age 16 but Education Secretary Michel Gove is proposing to force to study maths up to age 18:
http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/06...cs-be-taught-to-non-mathematicians/#more-4305
I don't really agree with anything he says, he is talking about a new "A-level" which the students in question are not able and probably not willing to undertake. I also doubt there are enough extra teachers available who are able to teach this material.
I would have suggested a course along the lines of: what is mathematics and why is it interesting. Which ironically could be based on Tim Gower's book "Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction".
CB
http://gowers.wordpress.com/2012/06...cs-be-taught-to-non-mathematicians/#more-4305
I don't really agree with anything he says, he is talking about a new "A-level" which the students in question are not able and probably not willing to undertake. I also doubt there are enough extra teachers available who are able to teach this material.
I would have suggested a course along the lines of: what is mathematics and why is it interesting. Which ironically could be based on Tim Gower's book "Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction".
CB