Clearly we have not heard enough of this yet, since we continue to bemoan it, rather than effectively to combat it. Fault is in ourselves.
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @stevenstrogatz
Indeed, by our smug laziness, and our complicity in a failed system of math education, we have invited (and even incited) this sort of rant.
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I take your point. We do need to do better. Let's all keep trying. I sure am! I know you are too.
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Oh, yes. I do not blame you personally. Not at all. But we are outliers. Very few mathematicians think about pedagogy and public outreach.
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Indeed, what we have here is a tragedy of the commons. Mathematicians imagine that these jobs can be left to others, And behold the result.
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Do you think we might encourage greater participation in these vital projects by pointing out research like this?http://bit.ly/1X1QmZy
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I won't deny that the conclusions here astounded me. Fidelity of transmission of cultural assets matters vastly more than new contributions.
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Replying to @MathPrinceps @stevenstrogatz
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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Replying to @MathPrinceps @stevenstrogatz
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!1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Alas, broad grassroots movements here on Twitter are not going to solve the problem. More first-rate mathematicians must care intensely.
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That's interesting. I didn't think that first-rate mathematicians controlled the direction of math education.
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a) wonder why
@newyorker is tweeting an article from July 2016. b) the 'Seinfeld' paragraph is way off, but in an interesting way... 1/1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 13 more replies
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