Podcast

Description

Jo Boaler is a professor of mathematics education at Stanford and the co-founder of youcubed. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (06:48) - What is beautiful about mathematics?
  (15:37) - How difficult should math really be?
  (23:56) - Students giving up on math
  (35:17) - Improving math education in schools
  (45:14) - Inspiring mathematical creativity
  (1:03:00) - youcubed
  (1:07:20) - Best methods for studying math
  (1:27:54) - Advice for young people

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