{"title":"The Portrayal of Mathematicians and Mathematics in Popular Culture.","authors":"K. Barba","doi":"10.7916/JMETC.V9I1.599","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Mathematicians are often inimically portrayed in popular culture, resulting in an abundance of non-mathematical identities in the classroom. Various tropes are propagated by the media that dominate our mental schemas of what makes a mathematician: the eccentric Einstein-like old man; the young, tortured genius; and the “genetically different” savant. However, these portrayals in popular culture can be used as a tool—rather than a hindrance—if teachers know how to present them properly in the classroom. Although the media often promotes mathematical myths, it can also be used to debunk them.","PeriodicalId":30179,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College","volume":"9 1","pages":"9-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7916/JMETC.V9I1.599","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mathematicians are often inimically portrayed in popular culture, resulting in an abundance of non-mathematical identities in the classroom. Various tropes are propagated by the media that dominate our mental schemas of what makes a mathematician: the eccentric Einstein-like old man; the young, tortured genius; and the “genetically different” savant. However, these portrayals in popular culture can be used as a tool—rather than a hindrance—if teachers know how to present them properly in the classroom. Although the media often promotes mathematical myths, it can also be used to debunk them.
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