Full Description
If our goal is to broaden and deepen students' awareness and understanding of mathematics, we advance the idea that engaging students with what we metaphorically call the personality of math. That is, we think that students who engage with the math's (1) human champions, (2) with its history and philosophy, and (3) with the nature of its problems and inferential challenges, are more likely to have a positive attitude toward math that will encourage greater learning.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chap. 1 Indoctrination and Genuine Math Education
Chap. 2 The Personality of Math
Chap. 3 The Human Side of Mathematical Personality
Chap. 4 Two Takes on Recent History: (1) Pure vs. Applied Mathematicians and (2) Women in Mathematics
Chap. 5 Math Problems and the Personality of Math
Chap. 6 Educating for Understanding the Personality of Math
Chap. 7 Introducing Students to Mathematics
References
Index
About the Authors
