Learning and Teaching Mathematics with Maps
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Learning and Teaching Mathematics with Maps
Haiwen ChuLaurie Rubel
Lauren Shookhoff
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 0742614 and 0119732. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or
recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Centering the Teaching of Mathematics of Urban Youth
A two-year professional development and research project partnered with two schools in two communities in Brooklyn.
Theoretical Framework
Culturally relevant pedagogy • Academic achievement• Cultural competence• Critical consciousness
(Ladson-Billings, 1995)
Culturally relevant
mathematics pedagogy • Teaching mathematics for
understanding• Mathematizing local
contexts• Critiquing power in and
with mathematics
(Rubel, 2008)
Program ActivitiesSummer Institutes
All-day Professional Development Workshops
School-Based Meetings
Maps, mapping, and math
Scavenger Hunts with Students
Community Data and TeachingMathematics for Understanding
Perspectives on Maps
• Purpose
• Perspective
• Power
• Representation
Four levels of scale
• Global
• National
• Regional
• Local
http://www.radicalcartography.net/GLOBAL
Mercator Projection
GLOBAL
Peters Projection
GLOBAL
GLOBAL
GLOBAL http://calabarboy.com/
Rankin, 2008
http://www.radicalcartography.net/GLOBAL
www.worldmapper.orgGLOBAL
NATIONAL www.worldmapper.org
Newman, 2008NATIONAL
http://popvssoda.com:2998/NATIONAL
http://www.urbagram.net/archipelago/REGIONAL
Fisher, 2010REGIONAL
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, 2010REGIONAL
http://www.nycsubway.org/maps/historical.htmlNew York Times, May 2010REGIONAL
http://www.verysmallarray.com/?p=419REGIONAL
Steinberg, 1976; Kalman & Meyerowitz, 2001REGIONAL
http://blog.online.allenschool.edu/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/nyc-population-map-1024x498.jpg
LOCAL
LOCAL http://www.socialexplorer.com/
http://www.justicemapping.org/LOCAL
New York Times, 7/2010LOCAL
Zillow.com, 10/10LOCAL
LOCAL www.spotcrime.com
Mathematical Topics
• Proportion and Scale
• Diffusion and Dispersion
• Frequency and Intervals
• Distance
• Metrics and Indices
• Topography
• Representation
Mapping Worlds http://show.mappingworlds.com/world/
Strange Maps http://bigthink.com/blogs/strange-maps
Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis http://www.casa.ucl.ac.uk/
Worldmapper http://www.worldmapper.org/
Radical Cartography http://www.radicalcartography.net/
Zillow http://www.zillow.com
New York Subway maps http://www.nycsubway.org/maps/historical.html
Spot Crime http://www.spotcrime.com
UrbaGram Archipelago http://www.urbagram.net/archipelago/
Social Explorer http://www.socialexplorer.com/pub/home/home.aspx
Justice Mapping http://www.justicemapping.org/
Resources
Contact information
[email protected]@brooklyn.cuny.edu