This is a very interesting course for the BEd program. I anticipated that math history will be a part of the program, but I was surprised to see a lot of focus on non-European math history. It is definitely rewarding to know how other cultures and nations contributed to the development of mathematics. This provides me a great opportunity to enrich my teaching through incorporating histories and examples from various sources.
I also liked the arts projects we did throughout the course. I had little idea about how sundial works, but after preparing for the art work and the final presentation, I feel like introducing sundial to all my students. And this is also a type of activity that I can ask my students to do.
The course is really well designed! I would expect it to be more fun it it were in-person, but the blogs really worked out well as I can see many interesting thoughts from my classmates.
Thanks very much, Yiwen! I'm so glad that you enjoyed the course, and I appreciate your comments and ideas.
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