Please, make it stop. Haven't we heard enough of this yet?https://twitter.com/newyorker/status/906940443627327489 …
Inspired teaching, and effective outreach, may do more to advance mathematics than even tremendous breakthroughs (like, e.g., Mochizuki's.)
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Shouldn't evidence to this effect confer greater respectability, and even glamour, to those who devote themselves to pedagogy and outreach?
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There is a broad grassroots movement here on twitter and championed by
@joboaler to change the face of math ed.Keep fighting the good fight! - 16 more replies
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These are necessary, but not sufficient. Culture is dominant, IMO. People are taught by parents, leaders, Hollywood, etc, to not only
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ignore the maths & sciences, but to actively disrespect them. Being quantitative isn't "cool".
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