A Mathematician's Lament

I've just read an excellent article on the teaching of maths that someone shared on Facebook.  It's lengthy, but a great read, so grab a cuppa, make yourself comfy & click the link.....

http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf

Linkety links

Here's a few links I've come across in my travels lately that some of you may like :)

http://homeschoolingryangosling.tumblr.com/

http://www.ishmael.org/Education/Writings/unschooling.shtml

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-candy/201201/everything-you-thought-you-knew-about-learning-is-wrong

http://vanessabertozzi.com/Unschooling_Media_CasesIn.pdf

http://unschoolingme.blogspot.com.au/2012/02/unschooling-is-not-that-difficult-folks.html

http://www.livescience.com/6085-passionate-kids-leave-em.html

http://eligerzon.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/links-to-successful-unschoolers/

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/learning-at-the-home-school-of-life/story-fn6ja7nc-1226254174554?fb_ref=rec-bot&fb_source=timeline