Are teachers scared of numbers?
BBC News online reported yesterday that primary school teachers are: often scared of basic numeracy and should be required to study English and maths at A-level …according to a report by the moderate conservative Politeia think-tank. The report, titled ‘Teachers Matter’ focuses on entry standards for teachers. An author, David Burghes, of the University of [...]
Read the whole postMaths-Whizz comes to Alderney
Maths-Whizz has made it to the Channel Islands. Alderney, northernmost of the Channel islands, is home to a people nicknamed ‘vaques’ (cows) and ‘lapins’ (rabbits), and home also to the small, but forward-thinking, Ormer House Preparatory School. Ormer House is one of the smallest schools on our books, but it’s testament (we hope!) to the [...]
Read the whole postMasters of the Universe – teaching maths?
If data obtained by the Financial Times is any indication, Gordon Gekko will be swapping his gold cufflinks and red braces for a mortarboard and fat text book (read: interactive whiteboard and Maths teaching software). From the FT: Inquiries by maths experts about teacher training places have soared as the credit crunch tightens, official data [...]
Read the whole postCapture the Spam
Bit of blog news, here. We’ve had a torrent of spiced-ham-based electronic communications (otherwise known as ‘spam‘) on the blog of late. Deleting them all is giving the Whizzers repetitive strain injury, so we’ve installed a clever little device called ‘reCAPTCHA‘ to ensure all our comments come from bona-fide humans. If you want to comment [...]
Read the whole postJoined-Up Teachers
Joined-Up Teachers is part 3 of Rob Eastaway’s excellent three part essay on maths and teaching (which we featured earlier in the year), and it’s now online. Joined-Up Teachers looks at the fact that there are many different types of maths teacher, and many of them, maybe even tens of millions (if you count all the [...]
Read the whole postRob Eastaway
New Scientist puzzle-setter Rob Eastaway is featured on the NCETM website in a three-part essay on ‘joined-up mathematics’, the first two instalments of which are online. Eastaway’s essay is required, and fun, reading for anyone following the directions that maths and science education are taking, with the emphasis on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM) and the [...]
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