The Enchanted Cosmos: Mathematics Among the Liberal Arts

ABSTRACT:

This session will introduce a curriculum and pedagogy for mathematics grounded in the Classical Christian tradition. It will give special attention to 7th through 12th Grades (or pre-algebra through calculus), though many topics will be of interest to K-6 teachers. This classical approach, which is under active development for release through Classical Academic Press, will demonstrate the possibilities opened by thorough attention to the traditional categories of the quadrivium, including 1) a pedagogy of puzzle, proof and play 2) a curriculum of wonders and 3) mathematics for the sake of wisdom and worship. Everybody will leave with a preliminary packet of new pedagogical models, a sheet of great math quotes and an overview of the Classical math curriculum envisioned. Join us to consider how we can recover for students the wonder of an enchanted cosmos that God has spoken – or perhaps sung – into being.

TAGS:

Classical Education Curriculum Liberal Arts Mathematics Pedagogy