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Mathematics Curriculum – An Overview Of Educational Curriculum
In Sierra Leone by Alhaji Bakar Kamara (2018)4 Comments-
There’s a little bit of history in this paper – about math education specifically, and education in Sierra Leone generally – since independence in 1961.
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I feel like the writer should have drawn a link between the mathematics curriculum set up by the colonizers which resulted in students scoring poorly and even the teachers not fully comprehending the material, even though they are teaching it. For instance, in the Five Decades of School Mathematics in Ghana” article that you shared a few months ago, the writer mentioned that the constantly changing the name of the subject to “modern mathematics” and “new math” explains why the students underachieved in class. Additionally, that writer spoke about how teachers in Ghana enforced the cane as discipline in class for when students couldn’t keep up with their impossible demands. Thus, many students often ended their education early because of that. What do you think?-
I agree that the author should have been more specific in detailing the problems. He alludes to what you’re talking about throughout the piece, but doesn’t give any details. I also think the solutions are lacking as well. I’m of the opinion (no surprise) that math educators should be more explicitly African-centered in the curriculum: the math problems, the style of teaching, the languages they use, even the subject matter. The author of this piece doesn’t speak to that at all.
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Hotep. Every time I would see when he alluded to the problems, I got excited because I thought he was about to “go in” on the colonizer shitstem . Unfortunately he didn’t go into detail so I was disappointed. I agree with you; all of our subjects need to be taught in an Afrikan-centered manner, especially mathematics which is a subject many Black children often score poorly in, by design of course. this is why @obadelekambon ‘s presentation on Abibitumi TV “Decolonizing the academy” needs to be blasted throughout all of our schools in the diaspora. Thanks to him, I learned that the first physicians, surgeons, mathematicians, historians, writers, and so on were all Black people. With this knowledge, I have felt a push to do my best in anything that I study because if my ancestors did it, so can I.
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