Math for the Benefit of Society: A New MATLAB-Based Gen-Ed Course

Autor/inn/en	Isihara, Paul; Townsend, Edwin; Ndkezi, Richard; Tully, Kevin
Titel	Math for the Benefit of Society: A New MATLAB-Based Gen-Ed Course
Quelle	In: PRIMUS, 29 (2019) 3-4, S.358-374 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1051-1970
DOI	10.1080/10511970.2018.1530706
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Instruction; Computer Software; Educational Change; Introductory Courses; Teaching Methods; Sexuality; Employees; Crime; Agricultural Occupations; Resource Allocation; Refugees; Access to Health Care; Immunization Programs; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Guides; Agricultural Machinery; Herbicides; Social Justice; Peace; Course Descriptions; Social Problems; College Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Bildungsreform; Einführungskurs; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Sexualität; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Agriculture; Occupation; Landwirtschaft; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Ressourcenallokation; Flüchtling; Immunisierung; Handbuch; Leitfaden; Machinery; Machines; Technik; Landmaschine; Landwirtschaftliche Technik; Herbizid; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Frieden; Kursstrukturplan; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Collegestudent
Abstract	Responding to a call for national reform of mathematical education, as well as a college-wide revision of general education (GE) requirements, we describe a new entry-level, GE course focused on the humanitarian utility of mathematics. This includes a detailed overview of how we taught the course using a Humanitarian MATLAB Lab Manual developed collaboratively with undergraduate students within an applied math program. A "PRIMUS" edition of this manual with complete MATLAB materials for a GE course is included as an Appendix for interested readers. A variety of social justice issues including peace-building after modern civil wars, continued cancer risk after Chernobyl, gang reduction, various dimensions of human trafficking, the use of a tractor and herbicide in subsistence farming, equitable resource distribution during the Syrian refugee crisis, and access to HIV vaccines are included in this special edition of the manual. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01