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Jo Boaler on Fear of Mathematics

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The Importance of Maths Education

How important is it that we get maths education right? I studied maths all the way through my education and some bits like calculus and differentiation I found really difficult. So I would say maths is important for everyone but we really should be changing quite drastically the kind of maths we do with kids in school. Underlying your research is an egalitarian ethos which is that we can all do maths. That I imagine is a controversial position to take.

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