Abstract
A mathematician studies Mathematics, because he sees in it something beautiful, something interesting, something that he likes, that he cares about, that intrigues him, that makes him think, meditate and dream’, said Grigore Moisil. Mathematics is and will always be fascinating. Revolving around this subject, the present article is also approaching adjacent topics such as: the role of technology in Mathematics, pedagogical approaches in the field and last, but not least, the 21st century mathematical challenges we are facing. We leave in a new digital era, and for this reason, it is of major urgency to ask questions regarding the risks we are willing to take, the new methods we are willing to experiment with and the changes we want to make. It is our responsibility to prepare our students in such a manner, that they could face the world they live in. A way to do so is to encourage the development of a so-called new field in education, entitled e-learning. ’The student of the future is going to be an explorer’, said Marshall McLuhan, therefore I could not agree more that school education should have as a main objective teaching children by enhancing their inborn curiosity and encouraging them to discover various fields. Interdisciplinarity must be a key word in the process of nowadays teaching, where teaching by means of technology should no longer be an option, but an obligation for all teachers. In the domain of Mathematics, the experimental field is reaching more and more people, as by means of computers, simulation is made possible, simulation that can provide a sense of better understanding for both students and teachers. From personal experience, using a software entitled Math Graph 4.3 has proved as an outstanding tool. Not only has it helped with the visual aid it made available, but it could also represent an interactive way of teaching. This article continues a series of articles, that have already been published and its aim is to present a new way of teaching that uses the latest educational software products, in order to help students better understand the subject of Euclidean Geometry. |