Final Blogpost of 2021 on Inquiry 1!

 Learning about growth mindset from Jo Boaler was a big takeaway for me.  It helped me understand how to better motivate students in a mathematics class and made me more aware of the struggles math teachers and students have today.  We had an opportunity in this class to create an inquiry project, and I learned many things from my peers' presentations as well as researching for my own project.  I learned more about flow, how to take care of my mental health, how to support the Deaf and hard of hearing community, and more.  I think giving this same opportunity to my future math students is valuable for their learning, as well as mine!  I learned more about how to embody mathematics throughout this course.  For example, the beautiful and captivating short film where we learned about bellringing combinatoric patterns is something I'd want to show my students and have my students experience.  I met many musical and artistic students during my practicum that I know would absolutely enjoy and understand the mathematics involved with bellringing and braiding.  I think if I were to improve this course I would perhaps want to talk about the articles that we read and wrote about a bit more during class, or because it is an inquiry class, we could maybe have a list of suggested readings that we could choose from and explore the topic. Then we could teach each other about what we've read through a jigsaw activity.  However, I personally took away from every reading and activity we did, whether it were related to mathematics, art, or social and emotional aspects of teaching. :)