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Mathematics, spaghetti alla carbonara and you

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imageWhat does the contents of this bowl have in common with math?Clipp2nd, CC BY-NC

I’ve come to believe that mathematics, as an investigative science, as a practical discipline and as a creative art, shares many characteristics with cookery. It’s not just spaghetti alla carbonara, it’s the whole business of inventing dishes and...

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'Teaching artists': creative ways to teach English to immigrant kids

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imageFreese Elementary first graders starting to paint a giant puppet with teaching artist Felix Diaz.University of California eScholarship Repository, CC BY

Bringing professional actors and dancers into the classroom may seem an unusual strategy for boosting the speaking skills of children who speak a language other than English at home. Yet, these...

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