Historical Perspectives on Science and Mathematics: 3 semester hours

Catalog description

This course explores a selection of topics and episodes in the history of science and mathematics. It illustrates how knowledge has often emerged through tortuous struggles, against obstinate resistance, and within cultural, religious, and social structures. Students are brought to understand that science is not merely a body of facts, theories, and techniques; it involves diverse processes by which it is continually generated and reformulated. This course prepares future teachers to broaden their approach to mathematics and science instruction so that they might captivate and retain the interest of all students.