Author Archives: Jean Joseph

To Get or Not to Get a Job?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Jean Joseph

Considering that the career you wanted to have in the mathematical sector is not possible for many reasons (maybe you don’t have the degree you wanted, or you have the degree but not an employer to work for), what would … Continue reading →

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Are Mathematics Students Expected to Forgo Pure Mathematics?

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Jean Joseph

If a student is asked “What do you study?” and she answers “Mathematics,” it is likely that the next question is “Ah! What do you do with that?”. And if she does not find an immediate answer because this question … Continue reading →

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A Liberal Perspective on Mathematics Education

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Jean Joseph

by Jean Joseph After reading Katz’s article “Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Mathematics,” Wolcott’s article “An argument for ‘meta-mathematics’,” Moore’s biography, and Gödel’s biography (which I am still reading), it seems there is a recurrent theme, a theme which I’ve … Continue reading →

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The Moore Method: for Undergraduates?

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Jean Joseph

by Jean Joseph In my daily morning walks, I’ve managed to read R. L. Moore’s biography (R. L.Moore: Mathematician and Teacher by John Parker (MAA)), where I learn about his famous method of instruction: he would give some axioms to … Continue reading →

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