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Re: Nailed It
Posted:
Sep 20, 2011 8:37 PM
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I hope the "you" is the generic instead of the specific because, if
it is the latter, the charge is entirely unsupportable by both my
posts and my life.
Although officially retired, I still teach on a more limited basis
("early" retirement at 69 after 39 years on mathematics department
faculty including my stint as department chair) at California State
University, LA. My preference has always been toward preparation of
precollegiate mathematics teachers - I suppose, at least in part, by
my own excellent preparation for the role at the University of
Northern Iowa and three years of teaching high school
thereafter. Although we have a "transition to higher mathematics"
course that I like to teach, by far, my preferred course is Modern
Geometry, required for all credential intending students. The
transition to higher mathematics course tries to teach students
mathematical deductive logic and reasonable presentation thereof but
my strong belief is that the style of traditional Euclidean geometry
is a more effective way of communicating that millennia-old concept
to bright students who used to get that in sophomore geometry. In
recent decades, only God knows what happens in that course often of
the same name.
http://www.math.caltech.edu/people/oped.html
In other words, I very much like sensible knowledge and use of logic
on an equal opportunity basis. Thanks for asking,
Wayne
At 11:17 AM 9/20/2011, Julie B4 wrote:
>You just hate when women use logic in an argument!
>You can never win. And certainly this is no place for logic! Dr
>Bishop what do you teach?
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