Math teachers and mathematicians
Extract from Comment j’ai détesté les maths (2013- France)
- → How are mathematicians considered?
Extract from La moutarde me monte au nez (1974- France)
DISCUSS → What is the teacher like?
→ How does the girl with glasses and plaits feel?
→ How do the majority of students react?
Extract from Det Forsømte Forår-Matematiktimen (1993- Denmark)
DISCUSS → What is the teacher like?
→ What are the student’s feelings?
→ What about the class’s reaction?
DEBATE about these three extracts:
→ What image do you have of math teachers and mathematicians?
ACTIVITY: Within your group, play a short film involving a maths teacher or a mathematician.
Send the link to your short movie to cinemathsfrance@gmail.com
Video about the topic made by students