
Debate 24 - Bringing Joy to Math Class!
12/07/23 • 61 min
We wanted to end the year by bringing together a few of our guests from past debates for a roundtable to reflect on the past debates and also engage in a discussion around the question: How do we bring joy to math class? With politics around education and teaching so often turning negative in the news, we wanted to talk more about joy with our guests. And we hope it will lead to an enlightening discussion with our group today.
Resources Referenced in this Episode
- Essay: The Having of Wonderful Ideas
- Book: Table Talk math
- Website: Yummy Math
- Mathematician’s Lament mentioned by Kit can be found at: worrydream.com/refs/Lockhart-MathematiciansLament.pdf
- Book: Math Games with Bad Drawings
- Book: Building Thinking Classrooms
- Book: Math Mindsets
- Blog: Math Equals Love
- Website: Youcubed
- Follow Kit on Social Media: @MrKitMath or bring Kit to your school for PD.
- Follow Phil on Social Media: @phildituri, Website: dituriconsulting.com
- Find out more about FiCycle at ficycle.org
- Follow Farshid Safi on Social Media: @FarshidSafi
- Follow Kathy Henderson on Social Media: @kathyhen_
- Follow Patricia Vandenberg on Social Media: @VbergMath or at her Blog: patriciavandenberg.com
- Follow Ed Campos Jr. on Social Media: @edcampOSjr and check out his Website: edcamposjr.com and his new non-profit: campocreativo.org
Listened to the episode? Now, it’s your turn to share! Go to our BlueSky: @DebateMath to share your thoughts.
Don’t forget to check out the video version of this podcast on our YouTube channel!
Keep up with all the latest info by following @DebateMath or going to debatemath.com. Follow us @Rob_Baier & @cluzniak. And don’t forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!
We wanted to end the year by bringing together a few of our guests from past debates for a roundtable to reflect on the past debates and also engage in a discussion around the question: How do we bring joy to math class? With politics around education and teaching so often turning negative in the news, we wanted to talk more about joy with our guests. And we hope it will lead to an enlightening discussion with our group today.
Resources Referenced in this Episode
- Essay: The Having of Wonderful Ideas
- Book: Table Talk math
- Website: Yummy Math
- Mathematician’s Lament mentioned by Kit can be found at: worrydream.com/refs/Lockhart-MathematiciansLament.pdf
- Book: Math Games with Bad Drawings
- Book: Building Thinking Classrooms
- Book: Math Mindsets
- Blog: Math Equals Love
- Website: Youcubed
- Follow Kit on Social Media: @MrKitMath or bring Kit to your school for PD.
- Follow Phil on Social Media: @phildituri, Website: dituriconsulting.com
- Find out more about FiCycle at ficycle.org
- Follow Farshid Safi on Social Media: @FarshidSafi
- Follow Kathy Henderson on Social Media: @kathyhen_
- Follow Patricia Vandenberg on Social Media: @VbergMath or at her Blog: patriciavandenberg.com
- Follow Ed Campos Jr. on Social Media: @edcampOSjr and check out his Website: edcamposjr.com and his new non-profit: campocreativo.org
Listened to the episode? Now, it’s your turn to share! Go to our BlueSky: @DebateMath to share your thoughts.
Don’t forget to check out the video version of this podcast on our YouTube channel!
Keep up with all the latest info by following @DebateMath or going to debatemath.com. Follow us @Rob_Baier & @cluzniak. And don’t forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!
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Resources Referenced in this Episode
- Follow Paige on Twitter & Mathstadon: @MrsSheehanMath
- Follow Damion on Twitter & Mathstadon: @DamionBeth
- Follow Fawn on Twitter: @fawnpnguyen
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