Year 2, Blog Post 5: EDBE 8P54 (Monday, 16 October 2017)

Good Day Bloggers!

Objective:

For this week, it is my objective for this blog post to present my responses to questions, ideas and information presented this week in the course EDBE 8P54 at Brock University! For our fifth week, our class was on reading week. However, we focused on our forums this week, consisting of making sense and intuition, drawing and representing, and ideas vs memorization.

Making Sense and Intuition = Engaging Mathematics 

In my forum post for this week, I spoke about the importance of making sense and using your intuition in mathematics, in order to gain a deeper understanding of the problem being solved. I realized how important it is to reflect on the mathematics questions being asked, and to apply other experiences to make sense of the problem at hand. In the video Making Sense in Math, the viewer is encouraged to make sense of the problem; to make/draw real-life connections to their learning, by using genuine intuition to solve the problem being addressed. In an interview with Sebastian Thrun, he said that with many of his projects, he becomes emotionally invested, drawing personal connections and engaging into the problem beyond the realm of formulas and equations. 

Making Sense and Intuition

Classroom Connection = Brighter Futures 

In our classrooms, we should strive to strengthen the idea of making connections, deeper thinking, and concept formulating; for students to become further engaged in the problems at hand. As educators, we play a huge role in determining this outcome, facilitating learning in an enjoyable way. Students are then able to look inward for a solution, and propose deeper understanding to the process. In my future classroom, I hope to implement this style of thinking in order for students to enjoy mathematics, and appreciate its functions in our everyday lives. 

Thats all for now Fellow Bloggers! Until next week :)