Final Thoughts

Hi all
I was supposed to try and clue up on Friday evening but I am glad the course is still open.
I had a busy weekend between kids and hockey practise and promising my wife we could clean the house and begin to decorate for Christmas.
Just wanted to say that the course has been interesting and I have enjoyed sharing and reading you stories as well in this format. I will keep my blog going if possible and hope to link it to my website I am building for mathematics support on our school's website, I got the idea a couple of years ago to develop a webpage to help parents ans students alike if they were experiencing difficulties with homework or math in general. I am linking the websites to the page we use in class as well other sites such as Pearson Math, where the videos and texts are available for use as an instructional aid.
If you want to see what it will look  like I hope to have it up and running before we break for the Holidays.
Have a safe and relaxing holiday

Chapter 11: Looking at the future

This was a surprising read indeed to some extent. The pressure to conform and perform must have certainly changed the climate at Phoenix Park school indeed. I feel this is a bit of a sad reflection upon what governments see as the priority in education today. Student achievement is indeed one of the  main priorities of any educational institution, however how we measure this achievement, I feel, is fundamentally flawed.

Success to me lies is developing well rounded solid thinkers, not only in mathematics, but in all areas in general. We are not measuring and developing this in our current system in my opinion and need to readdress this situation. From some research I reviewed it seems as though we are not alone in this dilemma, it seems to be a universal situation. As educators we are the front line soilders who need to take up this cause for the sake of all learners.