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Experience Meaning in Mathematics

I found that when we connect the abstract mathematical concepts with beautiful geometry shapes, diagrams, and even body movement such as dance, mathematics becomes an aesthetic subject. I believe that bodily experience is helpful in learning mathematics and many teachers do facilitate their teaching by using movement, gestures, or sensory experiences in their classrooms.  One of the best examples I can think of is the “Dancing braid into being” video clip on our blog post. It is an “embodied, arts-based math learning which can help students understand abstract concepts through multisensory experiences” (from Susan Gerofsky’s video clip “Dancing braid into being”). From machine, to dance, and to mathematics, the beauty of mathematics can be connected with anything that we experience daily. Another example is Leonardo Da Vinci’s artwork.  It lands very well in teaching mathematics by connecting art with geometry.  The beauty of geometry in the painting of his artwork can be introduced in the classrooms.  When providing with copies of Mona Lisa, students will soon discover that all features of Mona Lisa was painted in a golden ratio. Other perfect learning resources could be the use of M.C. Escher’s artwork in talking about self-similarity, and by extension, movement and limits.