Guest post by Anton Mosunov, Math Undergraduate Group (amosunov@uwaterloo.ca)
In this blog post, I will tell you about some exciting work done by our working group at the Aug 7-12 Okanagan BIRS Workshop Teaching First-year University Mathematics Courses: Past, Present, and Future. Together with Lauren DeDieu, Chunlei Ge, Spectrum Han, Asia Matthews, Vilma Mesa, Anton Mosunov and Yas Yamin, I explored what virtues, knowledge, and skills a university mathematics instructor will need in 2030 to...
Guest post by Anton Mosunov, Math Undergraduate Group (amosunov@uwaterloo.ca)
In this blog post, I will tell you about one excellent talk that I’ve attended at the EdCog Conference at McMaster University on July 15 this year. The talk was by Bridgette Hard, and while she presented three case studies of pedagogical research, I will focus on only one of them — the one about technology multitasking in classrooms.
Guest post by Brian Ingalls, Applied Mathematics (bingalls@uwaterloo.ca)
Indigenous Science was in the news last month. The Globe and Mail reported on the Ford government’s decision to remove Indigenous Science content from the elementary school curriculum. This move was criticized by those who view the weaving of Indigenous knowledge systems into mainstream education as key to Canada’s reconciliation efforts (e.g. the ...
