The history of the fourth dimension: a way of engaging pupils in secondary classrooms
Conference paper
Lawrence, S. 2015. The history of the fourth dimension: a way of engaging pupils in secondary classrooms. Krainer, K. and Vondrová, N. (ed.) CERME 9 - Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. Prague, Czech Republic 04 - 08 Feb 2015 Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education and ERME. pp. 1846-1852
Type | Conference paper |
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Title | The history of the fourth dimension: a way of engaging pupils in secondary classrooms |
Authors | Lawrence, S. |
Abstract | The National Curriculum in England has, over the past decade, been revised a multitude of times. Disengagement of pupils was one of the reasons for revisions. In September of 2014, a new curriculum in mathematics was introduced, aiming to give greater freedom to teachers and schools to construct a curriculum and teaching episodes that are engaging and appropriate for their students. This paper investigates how such episodes can be constructed through the investigations based on historical development of mathematical concepts and how they could easily link to the new curriculum, offering at the same time greater opportunities for pupils’ engagement. The history of the fourth dimension is one such possible topic, and the paper suggests a way of using it in a secondary classroom. |
Conference | CERME 9 - Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education |
Page range | 1846-1852 |
Editors | Krainer, K. and Vondrová, N. |
ISBN | |
Hardcover | 9788072908448 |
Publisher | Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education and ERME |
Publication dates | |
08 Feb 2015 | |
Online | 03 Mar 2016 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 21 Apr 2020 |
Accepted | 10 Jan 2015 |
Output status | Published |
Copyright Statement | Copyright 2015 left to the authors |
Web address (URL) | https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/CERME9-TWG12/hal-01288395v1 |
Language | English |
Book title | Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME 9, February 4 – 8, 2015). Prague, Czech Republic |
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