[ASC-list] July Scope newsletter
Jan Thomas
jan.thomas at amsi.org.au
Mon Jul 7 02:53:56 UTC 2008
I would expect the "Science in the News" section to treat mathematics
somewhat more seriously than to highlight the Guardian story
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/06/maths.alevels
But hey guys, would only 50% of BSc students at U of Melb doing any
mathematics or statistics, and teachers of mathematics a dying breed,
give Australia a few more years and we should be teaching only
science purged of mathematics and statistics. What a clever country
we are!
Jan
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