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This was an
important
exploration
for her at that time influenced
and supported by members of the group.
d) Reflection on other subjects
When colleagues from different subject areas work together on teaching
particular subjects what might otherwise be taken for granted within
the subjects is available for discussion. Here students are discus-
sing the relevance or otherwise of parts of the curriculum to each
other and life outside school.
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Res
Tutor
M
RE
..... I mean they’re ideas about learning,
aren’t they - powerful ideas.
That’s what I think, yes.
- but when you think about it, then work cards
which are busily applying it to real life
- well, I look at the ideas - working out
certain problems by imagining logs but when
you think about it not all that many children
have seen
that
ft
anylogs
piled
up in certain shapes.
Ml
Res
Tutor
What
this man
(talking
to Maths Method Depart-
was saying was he is very annoyed at
teachers’ attempts to bring Maths to the real
world in a way .....
I’m not sure how far in SMILE it was an aim
to relate Maths to the outside world.
М2
I don’t think that SMILE does that all the
the
point of
everyday Maths
is that
it’s for less able kids - non-exam.
Ml
Yes, that’s why it’s developed - it is for
kids who didn’t do any exams - to give them
some interest.
М2
A lot of those schemes seem to be for non-
exam streams like the Social Education courses
start again whereas SMILE is more
it tries to relate to real life
- I think
in the beginning but as it goes up
mean