Subject: | | MY2000 Themes & events |
From: | | "John Bibby, QED/MatheMagic (York, England), maths popularisers" <[log in to unmask]> |
Reply-To: | | John Bibby, QED/MatheMagic (York, England), maths popularisers |
Date: | | Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:14:50 +0100 |
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Thank you all for the useful improvements you suggested to the draft
theme-list I sent from Maths Year 2000. This has now been redrafted several
times (!), and while we might not satisfy everyone, we have certainly
considered them all.
The new theme structure is of course ultra-confidential but I can tell you
(in confidence!) that its 2-way structure uses both "everyday" concepts
(e.g. Maths and Games) and "mathematical" concepts (e.g. symmetry, triangles
etc.). A political masterstroke (it will upset EVERYONE!), but quite sound
pedagogically too.
(Parenthetically for radicals - a very similar idea is in C Wright Lewis's
article "How to write sociology" - he suggests a cross-structuring of
"themes" and "topics", and I think this idea was implicit in John Mason's
discussion too.)
Thank you especially to Paul Andrews of MMU whose trenchant comments
compelled me to talk at length with him - out of which came ideas for
nationwide maths events ("MathsFests") of which further details will emanat
in due course.
Please feel free to call me or Lewis Pike on 01904-424242 to discuss any of
this.
JOHN BIBBY
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