In Conversation with Dr. John Mighton
Friday, October 18, 2013
7:30 pm
Guest Interviewer: Kathleen Gallagher
John Mighton is a mathematician, playwright and best-selling author of The End of Ignorance: Multiplying Our Human Potential. He is currently a Fellow of the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences and has also taught mathematics at the University of Toronto and lectured in philosophy at McMaster University, where he received a Masters in philosophy.
John is the founder of JUMP Math, a charity whose mission is to improve the teaching of mathematics. The JUMP program is used as classroom resource for math by over 100 000 students in Canada and the US. John recently published an article in Scientific American Mind on the principles of teaching used in JUMP.
John's plays, which include Half Life, The Little Years and Possible Worlds, have been produced around the world and have received a number of national awards including two Governor General's Awards and the Siminovitch Prize. John was named an Officer of the Order of Canada for his work as a writer and social enterpreneur.
Kathleen Gallagher is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Theatre, Youth, and Research in Urban Schools at the University of Toronto. Dr. Gallagher's award-winning books include, The Theatre of Urban: Youth and Schooling in Dangerous Times (University of Toronto Press, 2007) and Drama Education in the Lives of Girls: Imagining Possibilities (University of Toronto Press, 2000). Her edited collections include How Theatre Educates: Convergences and Counterpoints with Artists, Scholars, and Advocates (University of Toronto, 2003), The Methodological Dilemma: Creative, Critical and Collaborative Approaches to Qualitative Research (Routledge, 2008) and Drama and Theatre in Urban Contexts. (Routledge, 2013).
Dr. Gallagher has published many articles on theatre, youth, pedagogy, methodology and gender, and travels widely giving international addresses and workshops for practitioners. Her research continues to focus on questions of youth engagement and artistic practice, and the pedagogical and methodological possibilities of theatre.
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