The importance of mathematics
in school and in life

The teaching of mathematics goes far beyond the subject matter itself. Mathematics is not just math formulas; it’s a culture, a boundless education. Tomorrow's world requires us to understand, imagine, and invent increasingly elaborate concepts. Mathematics has an important role in teaching abstract thought. It's difficult to simply explain all the benefits provided by a solid mathematics education and their contribution to the intellectual growth of individuals. Mathematics is a subject that encourages serious reflection.

This thus puts it at the very forefront of educational and professional integration.

Well taught, mathematics is neither difficult nor easy. It is by training the teachers at École Bilingue Chardin in the best international methods that children acquire all the knowledge and skills necessary for a smooth secondary school education.

Creating a focused yet relaxed
relationship with mathematics

One of the objectives set by École Bilingue Chardin Preschool and Elementary School is for each student to achieve a calm, relaxed, yet focused relationship with mathematics. This emphasis on mathematics in preschool and elementary school creates a virtuous cycle beneficial to all future schooling in scientific subjects. For example, take the importance of errors in mathematics: often seen as mistakes, errors are learned to be considered a necessary process in solving a problem, in a spirit of research and reflection.

A mathematics curriculum that
surpasses the common core requirements

The mathematics curriculum at École Bilingue Chardin goes beyond the common core required by the French National Education system, a curriculum considered too basic. It was developed based on contributions from the neurosciences, and the principles and teaching methods that have proven their effectiveness in mathematics in France and in other countries. Here are a few basic principles, which are broken down into a curriculum adapted to each level of École Bilingue Chardin:

• The C-R-A Concrete Representational Abstract method is systematized, particularly through the manipulation of mathematical objects, so that the progression towards the abstraction necessary for applying algebra is greatly facilitated
• Verbalization is encouraged from early childhood onwards
• Automatic processes (JUMP method, Kumon method) are learned in parallel with work on the deep understanding of operations (Singapore math method for example)
• The teaching of modeling and problem solving in mathematics is systematized and methodical, and will be used in science and algorithms later on