Date
19.10.79
1.2(ii)
мз
I think Maths by its very nature is very
difficult to integrate into .....
E4
But I don't see why we can't, as English
students, look at Maths like Maths people have
to look at, say English.
Ml
As far as I’ve got with Y (Tutor) it's just
going to be that '0K, others may sit in on a lesson
that we hold in Teaching Practice ...
think that's adequate quite honestly.
I don,t
I think
people’s understanding of Maths is what they
picked up when they did it ..... when it was just
a chore and they don't necessarily see the need
for it ..... when they did Maths it was for the
sake of doing it.
use for it.
I think they can’t see any
М3
The Maths that is now taught in schools
bears no relation to how we were taught in schools
..... but I think it would be valuable if they
could learn about it
exactly sure how it
..... although I'm not
could be done because I know
in School E if they had English people coming
joining Maths lessons in a halfhearted sort
of way then I think there would be some resentment
in the Maths department.
We’re the lucky ones.
We get to do
Maths and we get to be more of ourselves .....
I’m doing Humanities and Community Education,
in that sense I'm lucky, I'm getting a broader
view, but I think that for the purposes of the
course it would be more useful for the English
and Social Science people if they learn more about
how Maths is taught in schools.
Research
Tutor
Why? -
М3
Because it's very difficult to become
completely integrated in the school that you are
working in if you've no idea of the way one of
the main subjects is taught.
I’m finding
going to Humanities lessons far more valuable
than I would find a short talk on the Humanities,
valuable in the sense of being interesting and
again you learn what the kids do when they’re
not with you in a
Il
uch
Il
ore complete way than
you would learn with a seminar or a talk or whatever.