Re:Marvin Minsky: What makes mathematics hard to learn? (2008)
by kaitai on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @04:26PM
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Actually, many high school math teachers in the US did not major in math, minor in math, or receive any teaching certification in math.
In high school it's not so bad -- only 28% of high school math didn't major in math, and only 12% of our total math teachers in high school have no qualifications whatsoever. [1] In middle school 55% of math teachers didn't major in math, and about 30% didn't major, minor, or get a certificate in math! [2]
In high school it's not so bad -- only 28% of high school math didn't major in math, and only 12% of our total math teachers in high school have no qualifications whatsoever. [1] In middle school 55% of math teachers didn't major in math, and about 30% didn't major, minor, or get a certificate in math! [2]
So -- you're right.
[1] https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=58
[2] http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2015/2015815.pdf