Un descubrimiento sin fin

Todo lo que te perdiste el día que abandonaste las matemáticas, y que estás a tiempo de recuperar. A menudo no somos conscientes de hasta qué punto nuestras vidas se articulan en torno a los números. Podemos haber olvidado las reglas gramaticales, las fórmulas químicas, las leyes físicas, las narraciones históricas o los conceptos filosóficos aprendidos en el colegio, pero lo que nunca olvidaremos son los números. Nos pasamos el día contando, midiendo y pesando. Utilizamos los números para ordenar el mundo, y aún más, para construirlo. Este libro nos muestra, de forma amena y...

Sitting on her grandfather's lap, a little girl vowed to fulfill three dreams in her lifetime: travel to distant lands, live by the sea and help make the world a better place. As she grew older, she traveled to faraway countries and settled down in a house by the sea. But still, she could not think of a way to make the world a better place. Until one day, with the help of the wind and elements, she was struck by a revelation. A book about hope and rebirth by Barbara Cooney, winner of the Caldecott medal.

LLEGA LA CONCLUSIÓN DE LAS AVENTURAS, TRAGEDIAS Y DISPARATES DE YOPOUGON. En los cinco números anteriores hemos visto cómo es la vida en el barrio marfileño de Yopougon, cómo se divierte la juventud local y superan problemas y situaciones parecidos a los nuestros: la paternidad de un hijo no esperado, líos amorosos varios y la aceptación de la homosexualidad en una sociedad en evolución y cambio. Ahora, la serie llega a su fin, y en este nuevo tomo descubriremos más disparates de la realidad marfileña, profesores que acosan a sus alumnas, padres que deciden por sus hijas o las...

In my job as substitute teacher and teacher of after-school, I help the children with their homework’s. One of the most difficult homeworks for first, second, and third graders is to write short stories using high-frequency words. The teachers give them the words, and they must write the stories using that words. This book is a collection of some of these short stories. It will also a pleasure to read of benefit for the young students and teachers.

Our society has the obligation of guaranteeing the access to quality mathematics education to everybody and with that to advance the improvement of citizenship conditions. “Inclusive Mathematics. Proposals for an accessible mathematics education” seeks to be an instrument to help attain this end. Throughout the book the authors propose forms of reconstructing the relationship of people with mathematics by means of diverse fundamental principles of mathematics education: critical thinking, use of materials, games and attention to diversity. Mathematics education based on these principles...