Promote connections between mathematics, drawing and history of art in high school through a stem approach

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1478/AAPP.99S1A5

Keywords:

STEM education, Mathematical modelling, Drawing and History of Art, Vignola's geometric method, Ionic volute, GeoGebra software

Abstract

The paper is part of the debate surrounding the possibilities for advancing the role of Mathematics within STEM education through interdisciplinary approaches. It provides an example of how high school students can engage in tasks of modelling (interdisciplinary approach) directed to promoting connections between Mathematics and ‘Drawing and History of art’. Specifically, the paper describes a teaching practice focused on the theoretical and applicative implications of the process of interpretation and constructionof the Vignola’s geometric method for laying out the Ionic volute. The study of the method makes use of drawing as a formal analysis tool in order to make the students grasp the sense of the graphic representation synthesized by the geometric model. The intuition of the geometric genesis of the model is then verified on the computer with the use of the <GeoGebra software.

Author Biographies

  • Annarosa Serpe, Università della Calabria
    Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Via Pietro Bucci, Cubo 30/A, 87036 Rende, Cosenza
  • Maria Giovanna Frassia, Istituto Superiore - IIS Trebisacce ’IPSIA- ITI’, E. Aletti
    Via Spalato, 87075 Trebisacce, Cosenza

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Published

2021-09-30

Issue

Vol 99, SUPPL NO 1 (2021): New Horizons in Teaching Science 2019

Section

New Horizons in Teaching Science (Conference Proceedings)

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