Math, math,
and math don’t seem to be important to many students because when will we ever
use the function of f(x) in life. Many students find math to be complicated and
a complete waste of time. What students don’t know is that math is the
universal language of our universe and we use is constantly even though that it
is not part of our career. Even though our students may not see the importance
of math we can get help from technology to share the importance of math. Bringing
experts into classrooms and showing students the importance of math is one way
to do it. Since it is hard to get some of these professional to present in a
classroom, Scaling up STEM Learning provided videos of experts that show how
math is really important in their workforce. Some even said that in high school
they did not think about how useful and important math was going to be in their
life and know they can’t do their job without the use of math. Some examples of
careers that use math are architects, technologist, and computer networking researcher,
biomedical engineering, and much more. By providing students a better insight
with career highlights that deal with math, students seem to be more interested
in the subject.
My point of
view on the topic is great and not just for math, but I believe that teachers
can provide examples of each subject and the careers students can achieve with
it. I believe math is very important not just for career wise, but for everyday
use. We need to be educated adults in how to manage credit cards, house mortgage,
insurance, and basically manage our account money. We either learn now or learn
the hard way by our mistakes about the issues of money math in our lives.
Talking and informing students about their future and what careers they can pursue
they can take advantage of all the opportunities of each subject they learn at
school.
NETS for
students doesn’t address for students to learn about career wise chooses for
their future, but I say the digital citizenship can fall into place with this
article. It helps students find an issue and they were able to see through
technology the advantages of what they are learning at school can help them. It
will not just help students during the present times, but in their future
careers and lives.
Ware, J.
Stein, S. (2012). Copyright law and technology.
Learning and Leading with Technology. 39 (8), 34-35
I think it is absolutely necessary for students to learn why we need math and how we use it daily. we really do use math in everyday life, from balancing our checkbook to measuring for a recipe. I felt the very same way when I was in school, "when and where am I ever going to use higher math? I know to add and subtract, that is all I need to know." then I became a carpenter. a clear example of someone who should have paid more attention in math class. I have to agree with you, if kids knew what their future could become if they had strong math skills, they may pay more attention and perform better in math class.
ReplyDeleteI agree, it is very important for students to understand why not just the math they are learning, but anything they learn in school is important for them to know. By providing them with the reasons for learning what they are learning the students will be more engaged because they know it will be important to them in the future. I personally asked many of my teachers the very same question, I now understand the purpose of learning a lot of the math was to learn and practice logic. I think it is also important, as you mention, to teach students how to do things such as manage a credit card or other important tasks.
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