在观察了其他国家的数学教育情况后该报告作者说英国学校里的课程及授课质量“不符合现实需求”,他们称课堂上的教学没有有效延伸,使得基础较弱的学生无法应付生活和家庭中的经济预算问题。而这也给大学教育带来了连锁效应,因为学生和教员对数学缺乏必须的信心和能力,英国大学不得不取消定量和数学相关课程内容,这也使得英国大学难以与国际标准接轨。
Some universities are no longer advertising the level of maths needed to study particular subjects for fear of putting off applicants, the report warns. It adds: ‘Recent research suggests that universities are marginalising mathematical content in the delivery of degree courses because English students are not capable of studying it.’
该报告还表示,一些大学已不再在宣传中要求学生报名某些课程时必须有一定的数学能力,因为担心这会把报名者刷掉。它同时补充道:“近期的研究显示,大学在教授学位课程时正在逐渐忽视数学内容,因为英国学生应对不了!”
The report by the RSA – formally called the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce – suggests that all students should be required to study maths until the age of 18, with the introduction of sixth-form qualifications such as ‘Maths for Citizenship’. England is just one of a handful of developed nations that fail to educate pupils in maths until that age, it says. Only 15 per cent of youngsters study the subject past 16, aside from GCSE candidates taking resits to boost their grades.
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