Mathematics, a headache.
I decided to talk about
this topic because a few days ago one of my nephews had to study for his
math exam, and this was quite a drama, he did not want to study because
he does not like mathematics, well actually he said he hated
mathematics, so I wanted to find out the reason
for his hatred, for which he replied that mathematics is very boring,
and that is why I started looking for the reasons why most children do
not like mathematics.
The first reason
is that the teaching model within educational institutions is not
adequate, they only want children to memorize, and the brain is not
designed to memorize and less at such a short age in which children need
to be active.
Children do not find meaning in this subject because they do not relate it to something in which they develop.
A critical but very real point is that, at present, at least as far as Mexico is concerned, some of the teachers who teach mathematics (and well most of the subjects at the elementary level) are not well prepared to teach children.
They
are also not taught the reasoning why it is done that way, children
want to know the reason for doing things, and teachers must know how to
answer those why.
Everyone knows
that we develop differently, not all of us learn at the same pace and
with the same teaching method, but the educational method is done so as
not to wait for others, so it is important to change teaching especially
in this type of subject that at the time was or still is a headache for some.
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