Thinking outside the Sandbox

Part 3 of our Math extended podcast features Dr. Susan Gerofsky, Dr. Cynthia Nicol, and Dr. Lorrie Miller giving their perspectives on interdisciplinary Learning and teaching in math

You can find examples of creative and aesthetic experiences, involving building and design, to provide openings for students to engage with complex mathematical concepts such as the hyperbolic plane, fractals, and patterns. You will also listen to disruptive ideas regarding re-designing math classrooms, decolonizing the curriculum, and critically thinking of the “why´s” and “how´s” when applying math.

Part 2 of the series "Math & Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching " features Dr. Cynthia Nicol debuting her online land enhanced math course, in which she showcases mathematics as a relational science that shapes us and helps us shape the world.

The episode also contains examples by Dr. Susan Gerofsky and Janice Novakoski exploring cultural practices like sports, language, and Coast Salish Art by Susan Point to engage students with mathematical concepts.

This is part 1 of a 3 part interdisciplinary Math series, featuring  Dr. Susan Gerofsky, Janice Novakoski, and Dr. Cynthia Nicol who take us to explore the history of mathematics in the realm of interdisciplinary teaching, and why sometimes math is perceived as an isolated discipline.

Through this episode, you will listen to ideas about rekindling the connections between the abstractions in Mathematics and the practical, experiential, and interdisciplinary world.

Exploring textiles in the classroom provides an excellent opportunity for students to connect theory and practice, and to reflect on how we are living interdisciplinary lives and have an impact on the world.

In this episode, we feature Dr. Lorrie Miller and Dr. Kerry Renwick explaining and providing examples on how to work with students around topics like the sourcing of fibers, string making, and fabrics, followed by exploring the process of dyeing, transporting, manufacturing and wearing.

This episode features Dr. Kerry Renwick, Dr. Susan Gerofsky, and Dr. Lorrie Miller, talking to us about food and all the interdisciplinary learning that emerges around it. The topics you will come across are home economics, school gardens, food literacy, and the importance of recognition and willingness to engage with forms of  Aboriginal and Indigenous ways and understandings.

Having celebrated interdisciplinary teaching and learning for the past 3 episodes, today's episode acknowledges that teaching and learning through interdisciplinary approaches can have their own challenges. For this reason, we feature Dr. Shannon Leddy, Dr. Hartley Banack, Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin, and Dr. Sandrine Han, sharing their knowledge on the challenges they face or witness teachers having, plus their own thoughts and solutions.

This episode features Dr. Sandrine Han, Dr. Shanon Leddy, and Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin talking about the A in STEAM methodologies and the place Art has in interdisciplinary learning. Showcasing examples of art-based projects intertwined with Indigenous pedagogies, environmental pedagogies, and museum spaces; arguing Art provides more inclusive ways of engaging our learners.

This episode features Dr. Jennifer Jenson, Dr. Marina Milner-Bolotin, and Dr. Sandrine Han, sharing their knowledge on concepts like computational participation, video games, online platforms, and the virtual world. Plus many examples and tips on how to better incorporate technology to engage learners and enhance our teaching practices.

We start our podcast series with Dr. Hartley Banack who explores outdoor education through interdisciplinary learning, guiding us through a step by step plan to learn outside our own schools, and neighborhoods. Then Dr. Shanon Leddy joins us with an example of teaching Indigenous knowledge; in an interdisciplinary way; in an outdoor environment. Closing our episode is Dr. Sandrine Han speaking on the possibility of outdoor education through a virtual world.