2017 Workshop Talk | 0:47:52 | All Grade Levels, Math
Summary
After throwing away the geometry textbook five years ago, Mr. Smith’s high-school geometry classes have been using Euclid as their primary textbook. Along the way, he and his students have discovered richer connections between mathematics and the subjects of history, philosophy, literature, and even theology.
Mr. Smith would like to share these experiences with you. Beginning with a discussion on the importance of mathematics pedagogy (his insights may surprise you), he will move on to a discussion of the Quadrivium, and the necessity to recover these “other” lost tools of learning. Finally, he will provide you with a rich and practical method, full of examples and take-aways, on how to lead your students on a road of self-discovery in this important ancient textbook. Mathematics teachers will love this discussion; however, Mr. Smith is particularly adept at communicating with those who have a weaker background in mathematics. This presentation will be just as interesting to your history, theology, and literature teachers as it will be to your math and science teachers.
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The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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