Today we had this very interesting class with a special educator on Maths teaching, and was I amazed?!
She spoke about and taught us innovative and interesting methods of learning basics, such as tables, addition , subtraction, multiplication , division , ascending/descending numbers, and some more. If only we had learnt maths that way, many of us would'nt be having mental blocks for the subject. Tomorrow is going to be another session on maths, which I am eagerly looking forward to. If any of you young mothers( I meant mothers with young children) want a lesson or two, I can tell you when you come here. I only charge by the minute! Will gladly share these tips with you. And some adults too if you want to learn the tricks for some unforeseen , unexpected moment in the future.
Bhamini
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I have realized the following when trying to read and absorb seemingly academic topics in post-scholastic life. When we try to learn a subject of academic nature - be it math or science related, we are more open-minded about grasping it when there are no exams to evaluate our understanding. Anytime there is an exam that is going to assess us, in the case of some of us mortals, our mind seems to develop an anathema towards learning the subject.
ReplyDeleteWhen we are younger we are too caught up in the apparent drudgery of exam-oriented nature of Indian school system that some of us may not be able to realize the beauty of the subjects even though the teachers may be putting their best efforts to teach it in interesting manner. Later in life when we try to read the same subject we find it far more interesting and wonder why we never had the same level of appreciation for it when learning it at school. Isn't it ironic!
But there are exceptions to this outlook, such as the brilliant IITians and scientists who probably appreciated the beauty of math and science at a very early age, and learned to look at figures as fun while the rest of us were merely confounded!
Absolutely correct Vikram. For many of us like you and me, learning is indeed more fun when there's no pressure of any kind.
ReplyDeleteBC, kumar and i would be very interested to schedule a time with you to "learn" your new Maths lessons.
Very well mentioned Vikram.
ReplyDeleteWhile going through schooling till the 10th,one is taught to learn the subject from the exam point of view,and to practise the mathematical problems,which are due to be questioned in the tests.It's a momentary sense of happiness when the marks are 'full' of themselves!but,gradually,11th and 12th teach you more analytical methods ,but the fear of marks,insists that you focus on the concentrated portions.The education system is very result oriented.Be it grades or marks,education boards need to be dragged to the microsope.