Mathematics for Human Flourishing--A Book Study

Mathematics for Human Flourishing--A Book Study

LTSC: OSPI worked closely with the nine ESDs to develop content-specific online learning for educators during Long-Term School Closure (LTSC). This course is a result of that collaboration.

April 1-22 2020 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • 1st Reading Assignment--due 4/1

    You will need the book for this study. Please read chapters 1-3 prior to our first meeting.
    3/24/2020 10:16 AM   Carrie Black  

Presenters

  • George Christoph

Description

 Every single person who has contact with students is, whether we realize it or not, a math teacher.  What pedagogical changes in classroom routines are necessary to allow students and teachers to adopt a more purposeful vision of  mathematics that taps into the desires that entice us to do mathematics as well as the virtues that mathematics can build? Let's engage in finding out together!

Watch a quick video of Dr. Francis Su discussing Mathematics for Human Flourishing!

You will need a copy of the book to take part in the book study:

The book review from Amazon:

An inclusive vision of mathematics—its beauty, its humanity, and its power to build virtues that help us all flourish! 
  
For mathematician Francis Su, a society without mathematical affection is like a city without concerts, parks, or museums. To miss out on mathematics is to live without experiencing some of humanity’s most beautiful ideas.   
  
In this profound book, written for a wide audience but especially for those disenchanted by their past experiences, an award‑winning mathematician and educator weaves parables, puzzles, and personal reflections to show how mathematics meets basic human desires—such as for play, beauty, freedom, justice, and love—and cultivates virtues essential for human flourishing. These desires and virtues, and the stories told here, reveal how mathematics is intimately tied to being human. Some lessons emerge from those who have struggled, including philosopher Simone Weil, whose own mathematical contributions were overshadowed by her brother’s, and Christopher Jackson, who discovered mathematics as an inmate in a federal prison. Christopher’s letters to the author appear throughout the book and show how this intellectual pursuit can—and must—be open to all.

Event Notes

OSPI worked closely with the nine ESDs to develop content-specific online learning for educators during Long-Term School Closure (LTSC).  This course is a result of that collaboration.

Dates

  • Wed, April 1 2020
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Online
  • Wed, April 8 2020
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Online
  • Wed, April 15 2020
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Online
  • Wed, April 22 2020
    1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
    Online

Registration

Event # 102927

Price
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Registration Ends
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020 11:59 PM
Registration is now closed.

Professional Hours

Clock Hour Number: OLAD0450
20.00 Clock Hours $65.00

Subjects

Mathematics