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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm also a bit stunned by the idea that it's a waste of time to debate math education with the people who are supposed to be doing the math education.[/quote]

[b]Isn't the core issue exactly that the people who are supposed to be doing the math education are just not capable of doing it?[/b] Asking an education major how to develop a math curriculum is like asking a blind person "What color is that square?".[/quote]

If that's what you think, then you might as well thrown in the towel and go home. It's hopeless. There is no possible solution.

(Also, people keep talking about "education majors". At how many degree-granting institutions is it possible to major solely in education, just education, as a single major? Also, what proportion of teachers have only a a single bachelor's degree and nothing more? I don't know the answers to these questions. Do you?)[/quote]

When I was in college (state university) there was an elementary education major.  The people I met doing this major weren't the brightest bunch.  In fact, EL ED was pejoratively called an "MRS." degree.  These were generally not people who were good at math.  I think it does help to have someone teaching math who understands it pretty well.[/quote]

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