I found this video inspiring.
Using unsolved problems in mathematics to teach schoolchildren, if done well, is a great way to build confidence. Just telling young people ‘here is a problem which is simply stated, but which the greatest minds can’t solve’ really gets them interested -and using their natural creativity, rather than looking for some boring, half-remembered algorithm.
Patrick Andrews has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Heriot-Watt University and an MSc in Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge.
A former Chartered Engineer and Chartered Mathematician, Patrick has worked in management consultancies and high-tech startups, and in academia as a postdoc in Applied Mathematics at Cambridge and a maths lecturer at De Montfort University.
Patrick is the father of three delightful (but not uniformly mathematical!) daughters.