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Guest Post: Ed Barbeau – Exercises that Schmeck

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September 29, 2026

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Ed Barbeau took up my recent offer for readers to write something for the blog, and has contributed the following, typically excellent, article. 

 

EXERCISES THAT SCHMECK

Whatever your approach to mathematical pedagogy in the schools, it appears that the pupils have to work through a lot of sludge. At the end of a section in a textbook, they might be faced with a large number of similar low level exercises that are essentially rote and restricted in their application. Continue reading “Guest Post: Ed Barbeau – Exercises that Schmeck” →

Re-Up: Host Requests Posts by Guests

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August 18, 2026

9:40 pm

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I had forgotten about this but The Teacher of Bray and some stumbling around in the blog brought it to mind and it seems worth re-raising. A few years ago I offered for people to write guest posts for this blog. No one took me up on it, not counting re-publishings, but perhaps someone is now interested. Below is what I wrote a few years ago and, modulo a couple very minor edits, seems fine to leave as is.

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Tony Guttmann – The National Statements and Profiles

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August 14, 2022

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Tony Guttmann is a Very Big Shot. Tony is Emeritus Professor at the University of Melbourne and he can claim a dozen or so honorary letters: AM, FAA and so on. Tony was a valiant warrior during Curriculum War II, and he was The Hero of Curriculum War I, which was fought out in the early 90s. CWI was fought over the National Statements and Profiles, a proto-curriculum produced by CURASS, the precursor of ACARA. Nearing the end of CWI, Tony wrote an explanatory article for the MAV’s journal, Vinculum. (It was the pre-Pravda era.) Tony’s article is, for us at least, fascinating; both the parallels and the perpendiculars to CWII are striking. We reproduce Tony Guttmann’s article here, with Tony’s kind permission.

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Host Requests Posts by Guests

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July 28, 2022

4:21 pm

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From time to time, I’ve had guest posts on this blog: see here, here, here, here and here. More accurately, these guest posts were pre-written articles that the authors agreed to be republished on the blog. In any case, I’m happy to contemplate more such posts, pre-written or otherwise, and I’m now inviting readers to consider this. Continue reading “Host Requests Posts by Guests” →