Soviet curatorial intent reflected deliberate design for self-study
9 Nov 2 7:43 PM · 5d ago · 1 comment · 1 source · development 9 of 9
A commenter credits Soviet Education Ministry's recognition of school inequality, noting curriculum was curated by mathematician Andrey Kolmogorov to enable independent learning for capable students in remote areas.
Andrey Kolmogorov Soviet mathematician; curriculum curatorTerence Tao Mathematician raised in the WestMagnus Carlsen Chess grandmaster raised in the West
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> They may have gone to better schools, with better teachers, or had parents who cared more etc.This is true. At the same time the Soviet Education Ministry recognized the fact that many schools and teachers are sub-par, and they went to great length to create books for self-study. Math text books curriculum was curated by Andrey Kolmogorov [0]…
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There was a Russian mathematician, E. S. Ventzel ("E." is Russian Elena, Helen; she was a woman). She also wrote fiction and is known relatively well under her pseudonym "I(rina) Grekova", chosen so that it sounds like "igrek", the Russian name for Greek upsilon.She wrote a short memoir about her student years, 1923 to 1929. She studied…
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I remember coming here in the 70s and seeing the blackboard with the math problems. This was 4th grade and I thought it was a prank.
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