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S4E07: Defying Asian math stereotypes w/ Steven Tran

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One of the missions of this podcast is challenging stereotypes, and on today’s episode we tackle a big one: Asians and math. Steven Tran grew up with Asian parents, and the pressures and expectations from his family, community, and society as a whole affected his perception of his own math ability. Getting caught cheating in high school could have led him down a very different educational path if not for a teacher that treated him with genuine care and compassion, and, most importantly, believed in Steven and told him so. Steven tells Vanessa about how that experience informed his own approach to teaching his students math as a tutor at The Math Guru.

About Steven

Steven Tran is an undergraduate student at Ryerson in the Biomedical Sciences program, working as a tutor and in a startup.

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Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. How Vanessa met Steven (00:01:30)

3. Steven's math background (00:05:49)

4. Asian stereotypes in math (00:09:21)

5. Steven's approach with his students (00:18:20)

6. Q1: How math is taught in school (00:23:00)

7. Q2: I'm not a "math person" (00:24:41)

8. Outro (00:27:15)

83 episodes

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One of the missions of this podcast is challenging stereotypes, and on today’s episode we tackle a big one: Asians and math. Steven Tran grew up with Asian parents, and the pressures and expectations from his family, community, and society as a whole affected his perception of his own math ability. Getting caught cheating in high school could have led him down a very different educational path if not for a teacher that treated him with genuine care and compassion, and, most importantly, believed in Steven and told him so. Steven tells Vanessa about how that experience informed his own approach to teaching his students math as a tutor at The Math Guru.

About Steven

Steven Tran is an undergraduate student at Ryerson in the Biomedical Sciences program, working as a tutor and in a startup.

Show notes:

Connect with us:

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Intro (00:00:00)

2. How Vanessa met Steven (00:01:30)

3. Steven's math background (00:05:49)

4. Asian stereotypes in math (00:09:21)

5. Steven's approach with his students (00:18:20)

6. Q1: How math is taught in school (00:23:00)

7. Q2: I'm not a "math person" (00:24:41)

8. Outro (00:27:15)

83 episodes

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