Fear of maths among teachers damages pupils

Submitted by Broadsword on Tue, 2010-01-26 01:17

Article here. Excerpt:

'A lack of confidence in their ability to add, subtract and divide is easily passed on to female pupils, it was disclosed.

The study, which was based on 117 infants in the US, found that many girls had a “significantly worse” grasp of maths after a year of being taught by a nervous teacher.

Academics from Chicago University found that “worries and self-doubt” were not passed on to boys as they rejected the behaviour and attitudes of adults of the opposition sex.

The trend is being fuelled by the fact that the vast majority of primary school teachers are female.

Figures published last year showed that almost nine-in-10 primary teachers in England were women. More than a quarter of schools had no male teachers at all, it was disclosed.'

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Bloody hell.

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Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2010-01-26 17:12

the boys are rejecting the attitudes of the female teachers? Maybe there is hope.
("opposition sex" sounds like a mistake. Someone want to edit this?)

-ax

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Submitted by axolotl on Sat, 2010-01-30 03:06