The normal perception of maths as a difficult subject has led to a "disastrous decline" in pupils taking maths at A-level, say university researchers.
The key to appealing children and teenagers early on with mathematics lies in taking abstract system and translating it to a context that can be understood and associated to easily. Mathematics has long been taught in a dry, boring way. Maybe the history of mathematics should be taught alongside former number theory. There are after all, over 5000 years worth of multicultural progressive advancements to cover that can no ifs ands or buts put modern day maths in a more appealing light.
For example, Evariste Galois, the revolutionary French scholar, whilst still at school industrialized a new language for symmetry but was killed in a duel over love at age 20.
Maths is Boring!Georg Cantor went insane after trying to eye infinity and spent years in a mental asylum.
Zero and negative numbers were viewed with suspicion as late as the 14th century. Zero was banned in Florence in 1299.
Advancements in mathematics have often come about out of necessity - to overcome huge engineering problems when constructing the pyramids in antique Egypt for example.
Children today live in a much faster paced world than their parents. They're used to "snacking" on bite-sized pieces of information. It's no surprise that books of dry system on trigonometry can't compete with youtube and facebook! The teaching of subjects like Maths must adapt to entertain and engross the next generation of young mathematicians.
Teaching children maths with a compassionate sprinkling of dramatic historical stories is sure to make them engage great and take the subject further.
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