Fixing the Crooked Heart: How Aesthetic Practices Support Sense Making in Mathematical Play

Autor/inn/en	Jasien, Lara; Horn, Ilana
Titel	Fixing the Crooked Heart: How Aesthetic Practices Support Sense Making in Mathematical Play
Quelle	In: Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 53 (2022) 1, S.41-64 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8251
Schlagwörter	Aesthetics; Mathematics Instruction; Play; Teaching Methods; Instructional Design; Anthropology; Informal Education; Video Technology; Problem Solving; Learning Processes; Children; Exhibits; Cultural Activities; Concept Formation; Mathematical Concepts; Geometric Concepts; Minnesota + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ästhetik; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Spiel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Anthropologie; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Problemlösen; Learning process; Lernprozess; Child; Kind; Kinder; Cultural activity; Kulturelle Aktivität; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Elementare Geometrie
Abstract	We build on mathematicians' descriptions of their work and conceptualize mathematics as an aesthetic endeavor. Invoking the anthropological meaning of practice, we claim that mathematical aesthetic practices shape meanings of and appreciation (or distaste) for particular manifestations of mathematics. To see learners' spontaneous mathematical aesthetic practices, we situate our study in an informal context featuring design-centered play with mathematical objects. Drawing from video data that support inferences about children's perspectives, we use interaction analysis to examine one child's mathematical aesthetic practices, highlighting the emergence of aesthetic problems whose resolution required engagement in mathematics sense making. As mathematics educators seek to broaden access, our empirical findings challenge commonsense understandings about what and where mathematics is, opening possibilities for designs for learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01