34: Math, mindset and motivation (Paul Ellis)
Description
Paul Ellis shares his decade's worth of experience with facilitating math circles. We will delve into:
- where do math, zen, teaching, acting and parenting meet
- what is the right age for problem-solving
- why to do activities for their own sake
- how to battle the sunk cost fallacy with free classes
Startovač: https://www.startovac.cz/patron/misto-problemu/
FB stránka: https://www.facebook.com/mistoproblemu
Web: https://www.mistoproblemu.cz/
Timestamps:
(0:00 ) introduction
(0:46 ) building a math circle
(07:01 ) teaching styles and community
(25:20 ) breaking preconceptions
(41:45 ) zen, ego, and presence
(59:43 ) intrinsic motivation and side benefits
Links:
- Westchester Area Math Circle: https://sites.google.com/site/westchestercountymathcircle
- Paulus Gerdes: https://www.mi.sanu.ac.rs/vismath/gerdokt/index.html
- Mathematics for human flourishing: https://www.francissu.com/flourishing
- Five Fabulous Activities for Your Math Circle: https://naturalmath.com/five-fabulous-activities/
- Mathematician's apology: https://archive.org/details/hardy_annotated/page/24/mode/2up
- Art of Problem Solving: https://artofproblemsolving.com/
- Nicomachean ethics: https://archive.org/download/AristotlesNicomacheanEthics/Aristotles%20-%20Nicomachean%20Ethics.pdf
- What the best college teachers do: https://books.google.cz/books/about/What_the_Best_College_Teachers_Do.html?id=YwPCxQpxKbIC&redir_esc=y
- Sonobe modules: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonobe
- Paul's website: https://www.paulellis.org/
- Paul's mail: paulellis@paulellis.org
United States
