This course will allow participants to immerse themselves in the imaginative world of projective geometry while learning its basic foundations through the construction of drawings.

A strong background in mathematics is not required in order to participate in the class, which will be of special interest to high school and upper elementary school teachers, as well as others passionate about experiencing projective geometry. Among the topics to be discussed will be how geometry has evolved since the ancient Greeks and the saga of Euclid’s postulate: Do two parallel lines ever meet?
Through drawings, participants will discover the basic principles of projective geometry, including Perspectivity and Projectivity, the principle of duality, polarity, linewise and pointwise conics, the theorems of Pascal, Brianchon, Desargues, Pappus, and the Fundamental Theorem of projective geometry. We will also make time for singing and eurythmy.

Bring a ruler, a T-square, a compass, and good pencils.

Jamie York is a high school mathematics teacher at Shining Mountain Waldorf School in Boulder, CO where he has worked for 11 years. He has also taught math at a Waldorf school in Holland, as well as math workshops for teachers across North America. A pioneer graduate of the Center for Anthroposophy’s Waldorf High School Teacher Education Program in Wilton, NH, Jamie has rejoined the program as its math specialist. He is the author of a series of books entitled Making Math Meaningful, which include a grades school math curriculum guide and math workbooks for each of the upper elementary school grades.

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