“A Mathematician’s Lament” by Paul Lockhart

Paul Lockhart, a mathematics teacher at Saint Ann’s School in Brooklyn, here criticizes public math education. I thought it might provide another perspective on the relationship between creativity and mathematics that we discussed on Friday.

Published in: on January 17, 2010 at 1:07 pm Comments (9)

TED Video: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity

Since we were so recently evaluating our public educational system, I thought it would be fun to post a TED video on the topic. Yay!

And, by the way, this is not really diatribe-it is more of a lighthearted discussion . . . until the last three minutes or so.

~Anthony

Published in: on December 18, 2009 at 9:43 pm Comments (1)