Learning Crisis in Mathematics: the Subject Occupies Less than 10% of the Training of Future Teachers
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On average, only 8.8% of the hours of primary teachers are engaged in this discipline, while the evaluations show low results of primary and secondary students. Experts stress that good training must combine the contents with the didactics of the discipline.
The subject occupies less than 10% of the hours in the teachers and gives more time to the didactics than to the content of the discipline. 45% of sixth grade students do not reach satisfactory levels.
The mathematical training of future primary school teachers was at the heart of the educational debate following the publication of a report by Argentines for Education. The study, entitled Learning to teach mathematics: how primary school teachers are trained, analyzed the curricula of teachers in the 24 jurisdictions of the country and found that this discipline represents only 8.8% of the total time load.
The quality of education is again at the center of the debate, this time with the magnifying glass on how those who should teach the numbers are formed. A new report by the Argentine organization for Education, prepared by Tomás Besada and Martín Nistal, reveals that, at the national level, the subjects related to the...
The study carried out by Argentines by the Education indicates that it is 6.4% of the 2,616 hours clock of the four-year race. This index places the province in the penultimate place of the country. The future teachers of primary of Salta receive only 168 hours of training linked to Mathematics during [...]
A report by Argentines for Education revealed that the country's primary teachers spend, on average, just 8.8% of their hourly burden on Mathematics. Missions exceed this figure with 10.7%, although training favours didactics above the specific knowledge of discipline.
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