ERIC Number: EJ1218984
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Math for the Benefit of Society: A New MATLAB-Based Gen-Ed Course
Isihara, Paul; Townsend, Edwin; Ndkezi, Richard; Tully, Kevin
PRIMUS, v29 n3-4 p358-374 2019
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.
Descriptors: 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, War, Peace, Course Descriptions, Social Problems, College Students
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