Sitting with Casey this episode is our guest, Jim Cangelosi. He's a mathematician, educator, and recent recipient of the Carnegie Award for the state of Utah. (And yes, he's Casey's dad.)
Topics: Iannis Xenakis, Creativity, Grants and Research, state of higher education
0:00 Intro and hello
2:08 More on "Creativity" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
7:52 Divergent and convergent thinking in relation to mathematics
17:40 Synectic experiments, Euclidian geometry
22:15 Synectics activity: think of a marimba solo
24:09 Prompt 1: direct analogy
27:32 Prompt 2: personal analogy
31:06 Prompt 3: compressed conflict
37:04 Analysis of synectics activity
45:07 Ben: Iannis Xennakis
54:07 Set theory, game theory, stochasticism
57:10 Brian Nozny: What trends in higher education do you see carrying us forward and improving academia as a whole? On the other side, what trends do you see are hindering us?
1:02:42 Preston Bennett: What are your opinions on the concept of the “flipped” classroom model, where students are asked to learn at their own pace at home, and then come together in class to work on what would typically be assigned as homework? What do you perceive to be the biggest obstacle in our education system both in teaching math as well as in other subjects?
1:11:40 UMEP grant (Utah Mathematics Education Project – 11-year grant)
1:20:17 Math and biology combination grant, math and music similar possibilities
1:24:40 Wrap
2:08 More on "Creativity" by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
7:52 Divergent and convergent thinking in relation to mathematics
17:40 Synectic experiments, Euclidian geometry
22:15 Synectics activity: think of a marimba solo
24:09 Prompt 1: direct analogy
27:32 Prompt 2: personal analogy
31:06 Prompt 3: compressed conflict
37:04 Analysis of synectics activity
45:07 Ben: Iannis Xennakis
54:07 Set theory, game theory, stochasticism
57:10 Brian Nozny: What trends in higher education do you see carrying us forward and improving academia as a whole? On the other side, what trends do you see are hindering us?
1:02:42 Preston Bennett: What are your opinions on the concept of the “flipped” classroom model, where students are asked to learn at their own pace at home, and then come together in class to work on what would typically be assigned as homework? What do you perceive to be the biggest obstacle in our education system both in teaching math as well as in other subjects?
1:11:40 UMEP grant (Utah Mathematics Education Project – 11-year grant)
1:20:17 Math and biology combination grant, math and music similar possibilities
1:24:40 Wrap
