Posted on 08/04/2019 8:18:32 AM PDT by Rusty0604
A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign professor who argues for a “movement against objects, truths, and knowledge” will be leading a confab at Minnesota’s Carleton College this October.
Carleton’s convocation series, described as “a shared campus experience that brings students, faculty, and staff together for […] a lecture or presentation from specialists in a variety of disciplines,” have “a rich history” dating back to the early 1940s
The relationship between humans, mathematics, and the planet has been one steeped too long in domination and destruction […] Drawing upon Indigenous worldviews to reconceptualize what mathematics is and how it is practiced, I argue for a movement against objects, truths, and knowledge towards a way of being in the world that is guided by first principles–mathematx.
For Professor Gutiérrez, math should be a “moral,” rather than a “rational,” issue.
According to her convocation description, Gutiérrez “demonstrates how mathematics perpetuates white privilege, and how evaluations of math skills can perpetuate discrimination against minorities”:
The way our economy places a premium on mathematics skills also gives a form of unearned privilege for math professors, who are disproportionately white. The solution, Gutiérrez contends, goes beyond closing the achievement gap or recruiting more diverse students into the mathematical sciences. Mathematics teachers need to be prepared with much more than just content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, or knowledge of diverse students if they are going to be successful. They must become more aware of the politics that mathematics brings to society
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The thing I always taught my kids is that for every action there are consequences, something not taught or even happens these days.
Exactly.
NOTE: She teaches the 'instruction of mathematics' rather than teaching mathematics itself.
From her college's profile; "Dr. Gutierrez' scholarship focuses on issues of identity and power in mathematics education, paying particular attention to how race, class, and language affect teaching and learning."
In short this is academia playing to the victimhood and identity politics. I'd GUESS that if a cafeteria on campus offered a burrito, she'd call it cultural appropriation!
1. Teaching Math In 1950s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit ?
2. Teaching Math In 1960s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?
3. Teaching Math In 1970s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?
4. Teaching Math In 1980s
A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.
5. Teaching Math In 1990s
A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way of making a living?
Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers, and if you feel like crying, it’s ok. )
6. Teaching Math In 2009
Un hachero vende una carretada de madera para $100. El costo de la producciones es $80. Cuanto dinero ha ganado?
Forecast: Teaching Math In 2013 and on.
Who cares, just steal the lumber from your rich neighbor’s property. He won’t have a gun to stop you, and the President says it’s OK anyway cuz it’s redistributing the wealth.
exactly- in many homes today- the kids run the home- they become the authorities because the parents just don’t wanna deal with the ‘hassle’ of discipline- easier to just give the kids whatever they demand- This was kinda what Dr Spock was preachin- when he denounced discipline
Lol, love it.
There must be a few FReepers that took her class and believe it.
Several are trying to twist algebra reality into fiction.
I am sure of my version therefore my white privilege must be the reason.
Well - I’ll have to give her a break until we can do some private tutoring. I have a few math tricks I can show her.
Small colleges are becoming more and more nutty.
Matrix algebra too.
Just keeping up with the bigger universities.
that too!.....couldn’t list every course!
Mathematics v. Sociology. Sociology wins every time. Pity what the Left has done to hard science.
Thanks. My dad always told me it was important to learn math, and that God was the greatest mathematician. I got my degree in accounting and finance, which involved a lot of math. I don’t claim to be a great mathematician, but it was easier for me than other subjects, precisely because there was either a right or wrong answer and it was logical.
I get my little granddaughter after school and help her with her homework. Last year she was in 1st grade. One time she got an answer off by 1. She said it was ok because she was close. I told her don’t ever say that again, in math, there is no close, it’s either right or wrong. Every time after that, she’d catch herself and then repeat what I told her. She won an award for math.
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