Karan's Math Explorations

Reading What Mathematics Education Can Learn from Art: The Assumptions, Values, and Vision of Mathematics Education Summary According to Eisner, one can deal with educational challenges by considering them through an artful lens. In this reading, Eisner's ideas are used to examine mathematics education from an artistic perspective. The reading discusses a story from a grade 7 mathematics textbook. In many North American mathematics classes, the educational experience is dull and monotonous. The author claims that by viewing mathematics as a form of art, teachers can make the classroom experience more stimulating. First stop On the first page of the reading, it is mentioned that science has always been the default lens through which problems with education and learning were identified. After this, the author makes a comparison between science and art, describing science as "dependable" and "testable" and art as neither of those. I stopped while reading these sent...

Reading Eve Torrance (2019), Bridges 2018,Summary Summary The Bridges conference is about the connections between mathematics and art, architecture, music, and education. In July 2018, the 21st conference was organized at Tekniska Museet, a museum in Stockholm, Sweden. The Mathematical Garden is located in front of the museum. There is a pentagonal tile pattern at the entrance of the museum, and this pattern was suggested by a mathematician named Marjorie Rice. In the opening session of the conference, Carol Bier, a researcher on the intersections between art and mathematics, introduced a special double issue of the Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. This was in honour of the founder of Bridges, named Reza Sarhangi. The conference participants were asked to vote for their favourite pieces in the art exhibition. The first three days of the conference had mostly short paper presentations and workshops. There was a music night on the third evening, and it consisted of two entertaining a...