Philosophy of Math and Math Education

Conception of mathematics.

How would you describe or define what math is?
Philosophers, mathematicians, and others have described the field of mathematics in a number of compelling and sometimes contradictory ways; my personal conception of the field draws from several of these:

On Learning

Learning is a Process

I think it's important to describe learning as an ongoing process, not as an end result or goal. It is a process that neither starts not stops in the classroom; learning occurs from the moment we wake up in the morning until the moment we go to sleep at night. Formal education is but one avenue through which we "gain knowledge or skill" (the common dictionary definition of learning).