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Reviews & Screenings of Navajo Math Circles

All Things Being Equal: A Constellation of Mathematicians, a four-part series offered by the True Values Community, will feature four Zala Films productions: Journeys of Black Mathematicians: Forging Resilience & Creating Pathways; Secrets of the Surface: The Mathematical Vision of Maryam Mirzakhani; and Navajo Math Circles. The online discussion about these films will be held on May 27, at 8 p.m. EDT. Participation is limited. You can register for the guest list at this Eventbrite link.

Read more at News & Screenings, or check out some reviews of the film.

Michael Begay attended several math circle programs at his high school before attending the Math Camp at Diné College.
Photo by George Csicsery (provided by Vision Maker Media)

Hundreds of Navajo children in recent years have found themselves at the center of a lively collaboration with mathematicians from around the world. The children stay late after school and assemble over the summer to study mathematics, using a model called math circles, which originated in Eastern Europe and has proliferated across the United States. This notion of student-centered learning puts children in charge of exploring mathematics to their own joy and satisfaction, with potentially long-lasting results. Navajo Math Circles, a one-hour film, documents this process over a two year period. Read More...



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