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SIGMAA-QL Invited Session The Power of Quantitative Literacy in the Era of Alternative Facts JMM, January 17, 2019. Dave Kung St. Mary's College of Maryland. Kira Hamman Penn State Mont Alto. Venn Diagram. QL / QR. Social Justice. Our talk. QL / QR. Social Justice. pedagogy.
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SIGMAA-QL Invited Session The Power of Quantitative Literacy in the Era of Alternative Facts JMM, January 17, 2019 Dave Kung St. Mary's College of Maryland Kira Hamman Penn State Mont Alto
Venn Diagram QL / QR Social Justice Our talk
QL / QR Social Justice pedagogy access content context projects service equity exclusion bias
3 Core Questions for QL/QR in an Age of Alternative Facts: 1. What? 2. Who? 3. How?
I. What? Context: embed QR in the context of important social issues
I. What? Content: what math will help them navigate the world as citizens? activists? What math do citizens need?
II. Who? Well, everyone, of course.
II. Who? • Jim • Angie
II. Who? • Jim • Angie • Derek • Hannah • Braedon • Lena
II. Who? Non- Students Underrepresented Well- Represented Who is left out at your institution? Non-STEM NEED QL NEED QL (with social justice) Students Conservatives Liberals STEM
Dan Meyer’s Provocative Question: III. How? q: How do we help people believe fewer lies?
Nurturing parent Strict Father Family Structures (George Lakoff) Reasons valued Questioning encouraged Questioning disrespectful Reasons unimportant Authority Knowledge
What does this theory get us? Better understanding of… • Fake news spread on the right, not left • Conservative backlash vs. Common Core
Support for bombing Syria under Obama and Trump 2013 2017 2013 2017
What does this theory get us? Better understanding of… • Fake news spread on the right, not left • Conservative backlash vs. Common Core • Public Opinion: Syria Bombing ‘13 vs. ‘17 • Liberal bent of academia (and Conservative backlash)
What does this theory get us? Better understanding of… • Fake news spread on the right, not left • Conservative backlash vs. Common Core • Public Opinion: Syria Bombing ‘13 vs. ‘17 • Liberal bent of academia (and Conservative backlash) • How we need to teach QL In what ways is your teaching authoritarian?
What does this theory get us? Better understanding of… • Fake news spread on the right, not left • Conservative backlash vs. Common Core • Public Opinion: Syria Bombing ‘13 vs. ‘17 • Liberal bent of academia (and Conservative backlash) • How we need to teach QL In what ways is your teaching authoritarian? Why are we full of it?
Conclusion: QL in this age requires: What? Social justice content & contexts Who? Everyone How? Pedagogy that builds intellectual autonomy
#Resist Questions? Comments? Dave: dtkung@smcm.edu Twitter: dtkung Kira: kira@psu.edu