Comments (Zulmira Magalhae)

COMMENTS (Zulmira Magalhae)

I think to introduce a subject with facts of really life it's the best way the students have  for learning.

I consider very natural to teach mathematics from the use of money. Money is very necessary to be able to have the basic needs covered and speak clearly about it, with mathematical exercises.

 I also think that it is very good that after daily use of money, when the student can already imagine the problem naturally, the teacher is concerned to explain in detail the complexity of the problem.

He repetition when the activity is perfectly understood is fun and allows the student to memorize the necessary skills to solve the problem well.

The use of games in this phase of learning could be very motivating.

In the cases that personalized learning is necessary, the references to the real world seem excellent to me. There are students who need very specific strategies to be able to imagine and solve dilemmas correctly, mathematics being a very precise subject allows to make many games in class that students like a lot.

When the students say they do not remember anything, I think it is not as true as it seems. Maybe they do not have all the systematized learning and are not prepared to use effectively what they have learned, but they do have valuable intuitions that over time can be nuanced to finally have the basic ability to use knowledge. In my classes I never accept this comment and my students thank me.

In Spain in primary school the PBL is used, but not so much in secondary school. Also in Spain we have a very extensive curriculum, but there are always ways to apply the new knowledge and design new teaching methods, because they are the way to improve the educational practice.

Flexibility and above all originality is the key to success. It is always necessary to try new things and invent to implement educational projects and to ultimately teach students to develop their potential.