Mathematic Routes in Valencia Course

Mathematic Routes in Valencia Course
2 credits
From 20, 22, 24, 27, 29 and 31 October 2008. The first four classes will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and the last two will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

To relate mathematics to life.
To enhance the possibilities of the field as a didactic resource to study the functionality of mathematics.
To discover the elements of the field of mathematics which are present in reality around us.
To facilitate the use of certain strategies that allows analysing and systematizing.
To understand the urban structure of the city of Valencia since its origins.
To appreciate the beauty that certain geometric elements generates.

To study the historic vision of the development of mathematics.
To compare various numbering systems or different calculation methods used by different cultures.
Organisation and measure of space and time.
Description of polygonal and geometric forms.
Measurements and proportions in buildings and streets that serve as a reference.
Didactic and mathematic analysis of the content of the routes, as well as its practical realisation.

Places: 30

Location: Classroom A-1.5 of the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences.