Prior to my two years in the concurrent MA/B.Ed. programme at ICS, I had never considered the concept of math and social justice. I had lived most of my life quite literally terrified of math, and had developed strategies to avoid the doing of math at almost any cost. And yet for my last past year and a half or so at school, and in my teaching practice, I’ve found myself organizing my projects, papers, and as many lessons as I could around the concept of math and social justice. I've used used math in my counseling programme as well. I often give students tangrams, pattern blocks, or Sudoku puzzles as ice-breakers when they are having a hard time beginning a conversation. These are great activities to engage in with students as bonding exercises as well so they might start discussing issues with me.
The two papers were written at the end of my two-year program me and are both the culmination of school work and the beginning of a life-long practice.
JUMP Math and Social Justice
Where do our clothes come from?
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