Jan

24

Mathematics Curriculum Development

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This was the request:

Make a blog if you do not have one, or use your existing blog. Write a post introducing yourself to other course members. In the post, also describe your dreams and plans for mathematics education, in the context of curriculum development – the topic of this course. You can select any scale: imagine yourself the national or world czar of math ed, or make plans for your community, your class, or for your family. Put the url of the blog post in this form.

A brief introduction of myself is given here.

Instead of dreams and plans I like to mention my most pressing problem.

I currently teach mathematics to 15-19 year olds at a private school in Tenerife, Spain. The students take external exams from Cambridge, England.

Where do I find a textbook for IGCSE that starts each chapter with a problem that is meaningful for the students and give the students ample time to solve it with their teacher?

Here are a few more pages on the problem: