Exit Slip Sept 7: Controversial Statements About Math Education.

It's incredibly how much controversy there can be in teaching a subject that seems as straightforward superficially as mathematics. There seem to be as many different approaches as there are teachers. Overall, a balance needs to be struck - this includes balance between time management and encouraging students to work their own way through problems, between coming up with correct answers and delving into mistakes to learn more, between memorizing tools and learning where they come from.

It had not occurred to me before how math education could be usedone as a tool of oppression and it is important that we as educator and role models try to dismantle these tools of oppression in as many ways as possible - even in math.