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Re:The Dangerous Mr. Khan by troutwine on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @01:50PM (#2634191)
Interesting; can you elaborate? Surely it would be folly, say, to teach some children _wrong_ things simply for diversity. I doubt this is what you advocate, no?
Re:The Dangerous Mr. Khan by afy on Wednesday June 08, 2011 @03:07PM (#2634566)
In mathematics there is a well defined right and wrong, but in history there are often competing viewpoints of which none can be dismissed easily. I would say that to pick one as true and discard all the others is folly.
Re:The Dangerous Mr. Khan by lurker19 on Thursday June 09, 2011 @01:36AM (#2636132)
There are still many approaches to teaching mathematics, of varying and debating quality, so many of these concerns still apply. Math teaching is not a commodity we can simply stockpile using contributions from whoever tosses a bit in the kitty.