A series on the teaching of mathematics
2: Discovery or Disillusion? Frank Land
Professor of Education, University of Hull, conducts an enquiry into some of the defects of the present structure of mathematics teaching, as they are revealed in the skills and attitudes of school-leavers. The programme includes the verdicts of university teachers, lecturers in technical and training colleges, and an industrial mathematician.
' Somebody, somewhere, is contriving to give the young the impression that mathematics ... is difficult.'
Research in Progress: March 20