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Making the strange familiar

❝ What’s the best way to improve teaching? Focus on learning. And the best way to increase learning? Move the focus off the teacher and onto the student. ❞ Kolb, 1992. Making the strange familiar. Emphasising the role of Mathematics across the curriculum Mieka Harris and Sarah Pattison

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Making the strange familiar

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  1. ❝ What’s the best way to improve teaching? Focus on learning. And the best way to increase learning? Move the focus off the teacher and onto the student. ❞Kolb, 1992

  2. Making the strange familiar Emphasising the role of Mathematics across the curriculum Mieka Harris and Sarah Pattison Swavesey Village College

  3. 1. An activity to take away 2. Our rationale 3.The plan 4. The work

  4. The purpose What Models of Teachers working together on their own subject knowledge are effective as vehicles for rich CPD... The hook: We’ll give you some money to investigate!

  5. Without the Jargon... Join up the bits of the curriculum where there is HUGE crossover...on an every day basis. See what’s going on in other departments and build on their ideas!

  6. The plan Pick some topics/themes Plan some activities Team teach/observe/video if you’re brave! Review/Evaluate and change things if necessary Fit into the Scheme of Learning next year, and the year after, and the year after.....

  7. Created a collaborative learning environment for teachers that impacts on learning through the Knowledge Network Made Mathematics Fun through relevant and rich activities Promoted Mathematics as a language to be used in other subject areas WHAT WE’VE DONE...so far

  8. What we have done at Swavesey so far contd... Maths & ICT-Transformations and Animations Maths & Music- Musical Instruments, Mental Maths Games, Water in a bottle Maths & Drama-Making a Smoothie Science & Maths project-Farenheit equals Celcius Maths, English, History and Citizenship-The mathematics behind the elections Maths, Science, Geography, MFL, Ethics-create an Olympic bid

  9. What to do next Think about the skills/themes/topics you’d like to focus on Have an idea of the department/s you want to work with Find someone to represent the department/s at a meeting

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