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To motivate our students is the first step!



Mathematics and geometry have always been one of the subjects that less sympathy has aroused among the students of the world's schools and I believe that almost everyone will agree with what I say.
Now, this will have some explanation, since it is not normal for so many students to agree on their difficulties in learning this subject or what little they like. After some time reflecting on this fact I came to the conclusion that the main culprit of this failure is the traditional teaching system that continues perpetuating generation after generation.
It is the same educational system that has caused thousands of young people to lose interest in a subject ... in various subjects ... in all subjects, causing them to abandon their studies.
That is why it is in our hands, that of the future teachers, to change this obsolete system and to make the students come back to enjoy in class and, in addition, to know that they work with things they will need throughout their lives.
Therefore, when I began to teach children what geometry is, it would not begin by making them copy a list of figures and names, but first they must be made to appreciate the art that can derive from geometry, so that from that students are motivated to make meaningful learning.
To do this you have to choose a theme close to them; one of the most repeated excursions in the Andalusian schools is the visit to the Arab palace "The Alhambra", which is something that we can take advantage of a lot since it is of the places where we can best appreciate geometry and mosaics, which surely they appreciated but they did not stop to look at them from the mathematical point of view, so once they do, they will discover that mathematics and geometry have existed and been used for many years, which we can take advantage of for the students' intrinsic motivation.

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