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By Anna Sikora | 1 June, 2020 | Childrens Day | Innovation Culture

On Children's Day EdTechInFlow wishes all children that the spaces they grow up in, give them as many positive experiences as possible which stimulate their imagination. We aspire for all children to be creative; to be mindful of our surrounding ecosystems, and to be always seeking innovative solutions to the problems that affect humanity.

Let's think about the world's great innovators for a second:

You might be surprised to learn that a common factor between these high profile innovators is that they did poorly in maths at school! By no means am I suggesting that you give up on maths - these scientists did in the end get their heads around maths but for some it may have taken a lifetime. So the message here is clear - be resilient - never give up - the curriculum is there to teach us very important concepts. However, the onus is on us teachers, to try to make the abstract a little more concrete - to show students how the maths is used in every day life and not least in an innovation culture.

As teachers and parents, may we be constantly asking ourselves, how are we bringing about a culture of mindful innovation to our currciulum?

PS. If I have motivated you to keep at the maths, or to identify your gaps, consider the following:- Go to places like Brilliant.org to master foundation concepts and practice them over and over again.

Also ask your other subject teachers how the Maths is embedded in topics like art, graphics, design, geography, history, data collection, data modelling or programming to know how it is applied to everyday living.