You are invited to attend a public talk:

"Rigour : Mathematics : : Intuition : Teaching ... And Vice Versa"
by Brent Davis, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta.


Abstract:

In their efforts to develop effective teaching methods, educators have often drawn on mathematical images and assumptions -- and not always appropriately. In this session, I highlight a few misappropriations as I develop the suggestion that rigour and intuition have nearly opposite roles in roles in formal math and formal education.

The talk is a part of the Changing the Culture conference, sponsored by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences. For more information, see http://www.pims.math.ca/ctc/

Math Department Contact: Malgorzata Dubiel, Department of Mathematics, Simom Fraser University