{"id":180,"date":"2012-09-26T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwww.hmc.edu\/about-hmc\/?p=180"},"modified":"2014-08-21T12:46:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T19:46:58","slug":"elly-schofield-13-to-share-ideas-for-math-education-reform-at-tedxclaremontcolleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/2012\/09\/26\/elly-schofield-13-to-share-ideas-for-math-education-reform-at-tedxclaremontcolleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Elly Schofield \u201913 to Share Ideas for Math Education Reform at TEDxClaremontColleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_181\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/schofield-elly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"size-full wp-image-181\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/schofield-elly.jpg\" alt=\"Elly Schofield '13\" width=\"200\" height=\"243\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elly Schofield &#8217;13<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mathematics major Elly Schofield \u201913 will share her ideas on how to revamp the nation\u2019s math curriculum Sept. 29 at the second annual TEDxClaremontColleges.<\/p>\n<p>She is one of 15 speakers scheduled to present at the event, which is modeled after the renowned TED Conferences that invite thought leaders and innovators to share the \u201ctalk of their lives\u201d in 18 minutes or less.<\/p>\n<p>Schofield\u2019s talk, scheduled for sometime between 2:30 p.m. and 4 p.m., will explore how to create a better form of math education that engages and supports all students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI refuse to believe the goal of our educational system is to temporarily train students to regurgitate a series of formulae, and yet the way it is currently structured suggests that intent,\u201d Schofield said. \u201cI hope to talk about how a different structure might better motivate future generations of mathematicians, scientists, engineers and problem solvers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her passion for math education shines through Schofield\u2019s service at Harvey Mudd College. In 2011, she developed and taught interactive math lessons to third graders at a local elementary school. She also serves as a math tutor for HMC\u2019s Homework Hotline, an over-the-phone, math and science tutoring service for students in grades 4-12. Her other activities include serving as treasurer for the HMC Math Club\/SIAM student chapter, ASHMC officer, writing tutor and dorm mentor.<\/p>\n<p>TedxClaremontColleges was launched last year by Jason Soll CMC \u201912, whose experience speaking at TEDGlobal in 2009 inspired him to bring a TED-like experience to The Claremont Colleges. Licensed through the TED organization, TEDx events are local, independently organized conferences that feature regular breaks, allowing the speakers and attendees to mingle and further discuss ideas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole idea of sharing ideas and being an interdisciplinary event made TEDx seem to connect with what this whole place is about,\u201d said TEDxClaremontColleges co-organizer Sam Spurlin (CGU). \u201cThe Claremont Colleges are a group of separate schools, each with their specialized focus, yet a shared idea of a liberal education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The public event will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 in the Garrison Theater at Scripps College.<\/p>\n<p>View <a href=\"http:\/\/tedxtalks.ted.com\/video\/A-Passion-for-Math-Elly-Schofie;search%3Aelly%20schofield\">Schofield&#8217;s TEDx talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mathematics major Elly Schofield \u201913 will share her ideas on how to revamp the nation\u2019s math curriculum Sept. 29 at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mathematics"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}