Designing outreach workshops on mathematical thinking for schools
Speaker: Yudhi Bunjamin
Affiliation: University of New South Wales, Sydney
Abstract
Since 2018, a large team in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at UNSW Sydney have been working on designing several interactive mathematics outreach workshops for primary and secondary school students. These workshops are motivated by promoting mathematical thinking rather than by introducing an amusing area or application of mathematics. The workshops have been presented in a wide variety of settings from school visits in regional parts of Australia to our school's annual Do The Maths event with around 250 students.
This talk will discuss the motivation and guiding principles behind these workshops. We will present some aspects of the design and development process of these workshops and highlight the considerations relating to pedagogy, operations and EDI (equity, diversity and inclusivity) that have to be made.
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