tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post6878075700077317143..comments2023-10-25T03:02:40.851-05:00Comments on Proclaiming Softly: Health Care Worker Brain Drain.LoieJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083454353846306345noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post-54729074290680462712008-03-13T13:07:00.000-05:002008-03-13T13:07:00.000-05:00I think that many American grade school teachers j...I think that many American grade school teachers just don't know how to teach math. They may have had poor math (and science) teaching in grade school themselves and then poor methods courses. Many High Schools require advanced math courses, but they forget that the people need good grounding in the basics for every day life.LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22004751.post-38188828621952406522008-03-13T12:15:00.000-05:002008-03-13T12:15:00.000-05:00What's interesting...last night on "All Things Con...What's interesting...last night on "All Things Considered" they had a feature on how far behind American kids are in math -- the building block to the sort of scientific education that prepares them to be doctors and other health professionals. The consensus opinion was that math education in this country is too haphazard -- every state has its own requirements -- too faddish, too beholden to standardized testing and too conceptually scattered; instead of teaching children very well on a few very basic concepts, it's all over the place thematically, and not cohesive from school year to school year. That, they say, is why kids from India and China are beating our kids in math competency.LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.com