Valuing student voice in mathematics
Student voice in mathematics, and the teacher’s ability to create opportunities for mathematical discourse focused on students’ ways of thinking and working, is at the heart of quality teaching.
Thinking about Context Part 2: Writing the Future
The voices and ideas of the teachers, academics, writers and children at PETAA’s ‘Professional Learning Intensive’ “Writing the Future” radiated from the ‘pages’ of their presentations.
Do we need specialist maths teachers in primary schools? Definitely not
Students need all teachers and carers in their lives across their schooling life to be passionate about mathematics, its usefulness and its beauty, and every students’ ability to improve in mathematics. Only when all our attitudes towards mathematics change will we see students’ confidence and choices regarding mathematics change.
Thinking about Context Part 1: Writing the Future
Total immersion indeed. PETAA’s ‘Professional Learning Intensive’ was described as presenting writing ‘to teachers in context’. It did that and more in this two days of professional learning for educators from all over the country.
Mathematics: Everyone’s second language!
Understanding the language of mathematics plays a large role in students becoming numerate. Whether it’s the language of mathematics or mathematical language, it’s new for all of us.
Investing in our profession
Investing in our profession by joining a professional organisation makes sense. We want increased credibility as teachers, we want the world to understand the expanding complexities of the teaching process…
“Does anyone have…?” No, go fish!
Finding appropriate resources and lesson ideas for the mathematics classroom can be one of the many challenges for both beginning and experienced teachers.
Investing in our students
It seems ridiculous to have to state that one of the most important investments we can make as teachers is in our students. Stating the obvious, one would think. Maybe so …
New horizons Part 3: Reflections on MANSW conference 2018
“Don’t staple on a thin veil of real-world” – Sage advice from the amazing Dan Meyer whose workshop session…
Investing in ourselves as teachers – Professional Associations
The importance of investing in ourselves as teachers was one of the main messages from the NESA online professional development…