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Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

2021

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Teaching From The Unknown, Jon Jacobsen Jan 2021

Teaching From The Unknown, Jon Jacobsen

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics

The goal of teaching is to transform our students' understanding, much as the goal of acting is to transform the audience's reality. In this article we use the context of mathematics to explore connections between teaching and acting and how such connections can help our students learn not only mathematics, but about the nature of mathematics.