Citizenship Article Response

From the article I took that it is important for us as math teachers to teach for learning outside the classroom. Math is essential in everyday life, no matter where you go and what you do there is typically some form of math in our world. It is essential that we teach students that they can apply the knowledge they gain in class and apply it to their everyday lives. From my days in high school, I remember that math was typically viewed as a boring class, based solely on lecture notes. I feel that if we give the students the ability to apply math to their own worlds they will be more easily receptive to math. With this in mind we must also remember that we are still obliged to fulfill prescribed learning outcomes. However, I recall from my interview with a math teacher that he feels that he now has more creative ability with the in the math provincial, as it is now optional. My other subject in education is physical education; here we discuss providing students with skills that will lead to healthy living and providing it in such a way that students will be able to apply these skills for their whole life outside of school. Math must be taken in the same context in my eyes. Math is probably the most prominent subject that can be used daily along with physical education. When we drive we need to know what speed limits mean, we need to know how much change we should receive, we need to be able to tell time. Management of numbers is vital in everyday life and we need to realize this in our society, as I am sure that the other twenty six students in this class know this, but not everyone else sees this.