Mathematics – Heritage – Education
“This piece explores how we can bridge the gap between research and the classroom, using history to move past a fixed body of rules and reposition mathematics as a deeply collaborative, creative human endeavor.”
Tags: article, IMA, mathematics, Mathematics Today, MathsInMuseums, museums, writing
“By humanising the discipline and highlighting its global roots, we explore how educators can move past the standard ’17th-century European male’ perspective to show a diverse student body their own cultural heritages reflected in the maths they do every day.”
Tags: mathematics, MathsComm, MathsInMuseums, museums, podcast, TMiP
“Stream Thomas K. Briggs’ interview on the TMiP podcast exploring how authentic mathematical threads are deeply woven into heritage sites and architecture.
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“This article is an open invitation to look at history through a completely different lens, guiding readers to discover how deeply mathematical thinking is woven into historical collections and architecture.”
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“… a guest post from museum educator and mathematician Tom Briggs, about his session at last August’s Talking Maths in Public conference.”
Tags: mathematics, MathsComm, museums, writing
I was invited as a guest onto the first episode of Teachwire Talks, hosted by Helen Mulley. The episode, Are You Smarter than a Stoneage Engineer, puts me in conversation with Dr. Jennifer Wexler, Historian at English Heritage, to discuss how the prehistoric Stonehenge site can spark powerful learning in modern STEM classrooms.
Tags: education, mathematics, MathsComm, museums, online, podcast
Next time you’re in a museum, gallery, library, or archive, keep an eye open for these mathematical themes!
Tags: blogpost, galleries, libraries, mathematics, MathsComm, museums, National Numeracy, online, writing
“The resource uses a story-first approach to promote richer experiences and telltale signs that maths is nearby, and highlights things that have been found to be necessary prerequisites for creating any type of maths-focused resource.”
Tags: archives, education, galleries, libraries, mathematics, MathsInMuseums, museums, online, ResourceDevelopment, resources
I was briefed to write a page on the subject of maths in museums, and how the objects and artworks they hold relate to our understanding of maths. That’s right up my street!
Tags: Art Quarterly, MathsComm, MathsInMuseums, museums, writing
A couple of weeks before the conference, I was contacted by the organising committee to see if I’d be up for running a Maths in Museums activity as one option amongst a handful, all aiming at facilitating networking between maths communicators who were winding down and gearing up for their journeys home.
Tags: Coventry, mathematics, MathsComm, MathsInMuseums, museums