Re:Teaching isn’t about managing behavior
by falcor84 on Saturday July 25, 2020 @05:02PM
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I would argue that even teaching math is somewhat political. Examples:
1. What is the teacher's take on students making errors - Do they immediately correct them? Do they give the student the time to come to a contradiction themselves, but possibly confuse them and other students? Something else?
2. What is the teacher's take on mathematical knowledge - is it there to be discovered, or to be created? How much of math is already known by academics and how much is still in the future? Do they teach concepts as fully given, or as challenges for the students?
Each of these and many other aspects of teaching could influence the student's view of authority and their own agency.
1. What is the teacher's take on students making errors - Do they immediately correct them? Do they give the student the time to come to a contradiction themselves, but possibly confuse them and other students? Something else?
2. What is the teacher's take on mathematical knowledge - is it there to be discovered, or to be created? How much of math is already known by academics and how much is still in the future? Do they teach concepts as fully given, or as challenges for the students?
Each of these and many other aspects of teaching could influence the student's view of authority and their own agency.