Ana M. Martín Caraballo

¿Cómo explicar matemáticas sin hacer uso de las matemáticas en el contexto de las aulas de mayores? - [How to explain mathematical contents to senior people but not using maths?]

Almost all the Spanish universities have implemented nonregulated study programs for senior people (i.e. 55-year or older people). The goal of these programs is to allow these people to get the opportunity of access to university studies for those that couldn’t study in the university or those that want to return again to the university life. In general, contents to be considered for this teaching should be related to the knowledge that university produces, but using a language and approach avoiding technicality and academicism. This leads to change the way to explain and approach mathematics when preparing lectures for this student collective. In this paper, we present some experiences that were performed under this teaching paradigm when explaining mathematics to senior people, commenting some of the difficulties to be faced during the preparation of the lectures and materials.