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Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label philosophy. Show all posts

On Major Problems and Grand Challenges, Part 1

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Last month the NCTM Research Committee asked its members to help it identify the grand challenges for mathematics education. Grand challenge...

RYSK: Dewey's The Child and the Curriculum (1902)

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This is the 20th in a series describing " Research You Should Know " (RYSK). In my last RYSK post , I joined some other math tea...

RYSK: Skemp's Relational Understanding and Instrumental Understanding (1976)

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This is the 19th in a series describing " Research You Should Know " (RYSK). This classic think piece from Richard Skemp, despi...

Upcoming Hangout to discuss Skemp's Relational Understanding and Instrumental Understanding (1976)

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Few things brighten my day more than seeing math teachers on social media seek out research: @ doingmath @ natbanting Thanks! I think @...

RYSK: Gravemeijer's Local Instruction Theories as Means of Support for Teachers in Reform Mathematics Education (2004)

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This is the 12th in a series describing " Research You Should Know " (RYSK) and part of my OpenComps . Gravemeijer (from above...

RYSK: Gutiérrez's (Re)Defining Equity: The Importance of a Critical Perspective (2007)

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This is the eighth in a series of posts describing " Research You Should Know " (RYSK). Do you ever find yourself talking about ...

Reflections of Multicultural Education

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It’s the day after the last day of what has been a very busy semester. Being busy is good, and being awash in new information every day is s...

RYSK: Freudenthal's Why To Teach Mathematics So As To Be Useful (1968)

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This is the fourth in a series of posts describing " Research You Should Know " (RYSK). While the article is not actually the repo...

A Quick-and-Dirty Guide to Fighting the Math Wars

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I just posted this to a reply to a post by David Wees on Google+ , but I thought it might be useful to some if it had some permanence here. ...

RYSK: Erlwanger's Benny's Conception of Rules and Answers in IPI Mathematics (1973)

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This is the second in a series of posts describing " Research You Should Know " (RYSK). In 1973, Stanley Erlwanger was a doctora...

Constructivism and the Khan Academy

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Not long after sitting down at my computer this morning, there was this tweet from David Wees : “How would you explain constructivism to s...

Teaching as a "Moral Craft"

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I recently read The Peculiar Problems of Preparing Educational Researchers by David F. Labaree, and was particularly struck by this paragra...

A 2-for-1 "Soft Skills" Special: The Sit-Stand Paradox and Defective Girls

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Written for The Virtual Conference on Soft Skills , July 3 - July 31, 2010 Of all my courses as a pre-service math education major, I thin...

Peeping Tom: Finding Windows in the Ivory Tower

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Today on Twitter, Tom Whitby posted : I understand the intent of Tom's post: we have too many teachers who have become detached from ...