THE MATH OF PROGRAMMING - INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
THE MATH OF PROGRAMMING - INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH

Summary/Abstract: The traditional system of education is no longer fulfilling the need for knowledge for the generations that experience the actual leap of information and technology. To go exponentially beyond the actual way of thinking elicits a dynamic, adaptable and customized system of education, approachable by connecting fields and notions. Inter-disciplines become a solution and a necessity - "The strongest argument for interdisciplinarity is the very fact that life is not divided into disciplines." (J. Moffett). Learning beyond meaning is not an issue - youngsters need a visual, interdisciplinary, hands-on approach that may be accomplished by our method: DigiMathArt is an interdisciplinary field that covers the need to cross the bridge towards the education of the future. The proposed method emphasizes the simplicity and elegance of mathematic modeling combined naturally with graphical programming, alien concepts for most of those who need them the most - scientists, architects, game developers, artists. It provides an interactive, highly visual and holistic road to access essential information and skills. The course is structured in three modules: mathematic modeling based on function operations and composition, fractal generation, and light-effects rendering. Similar in approach to more sophisticated resources, such as Grasshopper and WolframAlpha, our method is, however, gradual and palatable for anyone who lacks this basic training in the field but craves for it. The presented method is already implemented and used as a holistic tool in centers for informal education. Evaluations of method's results, acceptance and effects are underway, based on structured feedback questionnaires as well as EEG recordings and analysis.

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