Philosophy Of Memoria Press Math Education

Today we're talking Memoria Press Math. Shane sits down with Paul, Tom, and Martin to discuss how we teach math in the classroom using the Memoria Press curriculum.
Mathematics is a core component of a healthy classical education. Our foundations here at Memoria Press around math is grounded in the teaching of Plato, Descartes, and classical philosophers and educators from a wide swath of history.
Developing a central philosophy has been instrumental in formulating our strategies to teaching math in the classroom. Understanding the nature of math and its significance in our world is key in the education of young minds.
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About the Show:
In season 3 of Classical Et Cetera, Shane sits down with a wide collection of Memoria Press' finest to host conversations about the Truth, Beauty, and Goodness of a Classical Christian Education.
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Thank you for touching on the background of the "educational war" in the state of Kentucky. I have not heard you all discuss this before and it brings a deeper understanding of the genesis of MP. I began homeschooling my children in the state of Oregon in the early 2000's after I experienced first hand what my kindergartener and how my child was being taught in school. It really was appalling. In my years of homeschooling I have heard teacher friends of mine say that it is ok to use your fingers to count (at any age) and that memorization was a thing of the past, archaic, unnecessary, etc. I almost fell into this trap. Thank goodness for Memoria Press. I started out using Christian Light, then Abeka, and now landed on MP and even though I am paying much more for my curriculum, I am confident that my kids are receiving a solid education, the best they can receive in the homeschool setting, which in the end will be worth every penny.

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Great episode, I would be interested in you comparing "new math" to Singapore Math as used in classical circles.

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Same!

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Same!

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Yeah, I'm extremely confused why Singapore is so accepted in classical movement schools.

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I love MathCounts!

[@hephaestusfortarier249]

Mathematics is the language of God just like music. It’s interesting we never learn in public education the strong Christian faith of Leonhard Euler, Leibniz, Descartes, Carl Guass. Polymaths, child prodigies, the pioneers of mathematics and they use their work to glorify their Creator. I remember reading Eulers, “A defense of the revelation against the objections of free thinkers”. The undeniable mathematical genius who openly stands firm on the resurrection of Jesus Christ. What great faith these great thinkers and gifted individuals give me. We stand on the shoulders of giants.

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Before watching Phantom of the Opera, I'd read the book. The Opera is well done, but you will really enjoy the book.

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I love hearing about books you all are reading. I appreciate the video calling out the false dichotomy of either being a math person or a reading/language person. I am an online math teacher for 6th and 7th grade. I was looking forward to hearing more about the logic classes preceding geometry classes as well as the heavy emphasis on arithmetic geometry as opposed to a heavy algebraic geometry. I'd also like to hear more about the the moral obligation to strengthen one's capacity to think analytically and logically in our quantitative world. I very much appreciated the Isaac Newton and Descartes plug, but what about the logical axioms of Euclidian geometry and how that develops the capacity to think logically without being heavy on algebra? I'd like to hear a panel clarify and draw out the thoughts brought out in this video. Please bring back this panel. Lastly, I would like to hear Dr. Sheffler and Tom Sculthorpe again, as well as Dr. Martin speak on the topics mentioned above.

[@nathaliawatkins456]

I love this episode; it convicted me on some particulars of math pedagogy and inspired me to make some changes. I would love to see a similar episode on the natural sciences! I’m reading Wisdom and Eloquence and in it, the authors suggest an ideal arrangement of the natural science as physics, chemistry, then biology, given a sufficient mathematical background. I would love to hear your thoughts on this!

[@blotto3422]

But how do you make the exercises fun? I hated math until teachers would finally explain it philosophically. I eventually gave up on math because a teacher told me I my mathematical understanding was too primitive to primitive to understand the theory.

[@Dreblueskies]

Excellent discussion, thank you.

[@anthonyskrobul3726]

Is an Euler diagram the same thing as a Venn diagram?

[@user-so6fh1bu9f]

Would Memoria Press mathmatics be usefully supplemented with Kahn Academy Math Tree.

[@philipeconomou7039]

They are describing the exact approach that Kumon uses for math

[@alanberry4919]

I have listened to several of these and noticed that the men got to the subject matter of the video far sooner than when there are women on the panel. It is always good information and I appreciate a brief book discussion, but I like that these men spent more time on the subject of the video than sticking a feather in their caps of the books they are reading.

[@rebekahmeyer7299]

So how do we catch a child up who is starting classical education later? We're starting first grade and haven't done as much with kindergarten. It's a LOT of math for them to just jump into. I'm actually backing him up and using the kindergarten math instead, because he's struggling.

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Shane, did you play the drummer in the movie "School of Rock"?