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Where has all the beauty gone?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Griffiths, Martin |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | Bertrand Russell famously talked of mathematics as po sessing an “austere beauty”. It would seem though that the ca pa ity to appreciate the aesthetic aspects of our field is not necessarily t he preserve of the mathematical elite. Indeed, a number of educators believe that such considerations have, in conjunction with various co gnitive factors, the potential to play a significant role with respect t o the student learning of mathematics in the classroom. We consider here the notion of the mathematical aesthetic within this context, drawing on the work of a number of key thinkers in this area. Our preliminar y explorations focus on a number of lesson observations, and the intention at this stage is merely to ascertain whether or not aesthetic consideration s are playing any part in students’ mathematical development in the classroom . We provide a brief discussion of our findings thus far, highlighting p otential issues and dichotomies that would appear to arise as a consequ ence of the current climate of test-score-driven schooling. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://bsrlm.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/BSRLM-IP-31-1-EX.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
