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Mathematics. SCITT Induction Day July 2015. Real-life maths. YouTube Dave Allen ‘Teaching your kid to tell the time’. Today we will consider…. why mathematics is an important subject how the programme supports students in mathematics teaching & learning
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Mathematics SCITT Induction Day July 2015
Real-life maths YouTube Dave Allen ‘Teaching your kid to tell the time’
Today we will consider… • why mathematics is an important subject • how the programme supports students in mathematics teaching & learning • what the mathematics taught course looks like • reading and self-study you can do over the summer
Why? Why do you think children need to learn mathematics? What reasons can you give? What examples can you provide? Why is maths important?
Cutley66: “Mathematics is important because you use it in everyday life. You can't cook without knowing measurements or shop without knowing your money basics. Maths is used for building, giving medication and many other things used in our everyday lives.”
Linda_K: “Mathematics is important because it is a part of virtually every area of our lives. On the most basic level, you need to know maths in order to be able to understand how to count money or tell time. Without maths, you couldn't figure out the distance from one place to another or the time it would take to get there. On a grander scale, we would know little to nothing about our world without maths. It is used in virtually every field of study including areas such as biology, archaeology, astronomy, chemistry, physics, engineering and so many more!”
Purpose of Study (p.99) Mathematics is a creativeand highly inter-connected discipline that has been developed over centuries, providing the solution to some of history’s most intriguing problems. It is essential to everyday life, critical to science, technology and engineering, and necessary in most forms of employment. A high-quality mathematics education therefore provides a foundation for understanding the world, the ability to reason mathematically, and a sense of enjoyment and curiosity about the subject.
Aims • become fluent in the fundamentals of mathematics, including through varied and frequent practice with increasingly complex problems over time, so that pupils have conceptual understanding and are able to recall and apply their knowledge rapidly and accurately to problems • reason mathematicallyby following a line of enquiry, conjecturing relationships and generalisations, and developing an argument, justification or proof using mathematical language • can solve problems by applying their mathematics to a variety of routine and non-routine problems with increasing sophistication, including breaking down problems into a series of simpler steps and persevering in seeking solutions.
Teacher Standards Outstanding • “Demonstrates an excellent understanding of the pedagogy and subject knowledge needed to teach mathematics across the key stages. Promotes very high standards of mathematical literacy through the accurate assessment of pupils’ learning and the use of effective and appropriate teaching strategies.”
10 Day Taught Course Subject Knowledge EYFS & Primary (KS1 and KS2) Some KS3 Related pedagogy The ‘skill of teaching’
Mathematics: Number and Place Value + and - x and ÷ Fractions Algebra Measurement Geometry Properties of Shape Position and Direction Statistics National Curriculum 2014 Read the age-related expectations for KS1, LKS2 and UKS2
Mathematics NC2014 Look at the Statutory requirements for primary mathematics in one two-year block… Talk with your table: Q1: Is all the wording clear? Q2: What examples have you seen in classrooms?
SCITT Maths Audit • Induction • This is a ‘snapshot’ of where your maths subject knowledge is now • Mid Year • 20 questions to gauge improvement of subject knowledge • Summer Term • Focussed on your confidence in teaching of different aspects of primary mathematics
Induction Audit 3 levels – choose your own level of confidence • Level 1 – Year 9 ] www.IXL.com • Level 2 – Year 10 ] • GCSE – Year 11 ] BBC Bitesize • Send in a printed copy to SCITT office by …?
Self-study • What can you do to start your studies for next year? • Start your mathematics work book! (Revisit / refresh/ revise previous mathematics learning)
Developing your subject knowledge Self-study • Any completed audits • Identified areas of learning from audit • Evidence of post-audit research Resources • Ideas for interesting mathematical questions/ puzzles/ investigations Contacts • A list of useful websites (to be added to throughout the year) • A list of useful articles/ papers/ books
A useful website • www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
Self-study • Subject Knowledge leading to GCSE • www.IXL.com
Reading Google • “Effective teachers of Numeracy” www.mikeaskew.net/page4/files/EffectiveTeachersofNumeracy.pdf Mike Askew
Summary of Findings Pages 4-6
Reading Google • “Ian Thompson Maths”
www.ncetm.org.uk “The National Centre for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics” • Free to register! • Monthly Updates • Teacher Training Forum • Mathematical articles/ ideas/ planning support • Self-evaluation tool & we will use this throughout the year!
Where is the mathematics? Look at the following pictures and consider… What questions could you ask to make children THINK mathematically?
Did we consider… • why maths is an important subject? • how the programme supports the student for mathematics teaching & learning? • what the mathematics taught course looks like? • reading and self-study you can do over the summer?
