Recruitment is open for 26/27
|Dates and Location TBC
Developing Core Maths Pedagogy
This Work Group is for institutions in which Core Maths is established, and will involve teachers of Core Maths who are in at least their second year of teaching the qualification, who are looking to deepen their pedagogical understanding of contextualised problem solving.
Date & Location
Recruitment is open for 26/27
Dates and Location TBC
About the Event
Dates and Locations TBC
These Work Groups give teachers opportunities, through collaboration and experimentation, to develop improved teaching approaches that support the open-ended problem-solving skills students need and to share these with departmental colleagues. Participants will design and trial classroom activities, sharing and reflecting on their experiences with others in the Work Group.
Participants will engage with the Maths Hubs Network and the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme (AMSP), who are working in partnership to deliver this opportunity.
What are the intended outcomes?
Student outcomes
Students will:
have raised awareness of the use of maths and statistics in everyday life
have increased their confidence and developed a deeper mathematical understanding and further skills in the application of maths to authentic problems
have an increased understanding of the crossover of mathematical techniques between Core Maths and other subjects.
Whole-school/departmental policies and approaches
Participants will work with their school/subject leaders to:
disseminate information or lead professional development on Core Maths pedagogy with their departments
support their school/college in developing clear ways of communicating and promoting its Core Maths offer.
Practice development
Participants will, through the theme of the Work Group:
share approaches to the planning and delivery of the Core Maths curriculum
apply related pedagogical approaches in their Core Maths teaching
teach mathematical concepts and processes effectively through contextualised problem-solving
identify and make effective use of existing Core Maths resources.
Professional learning
Participants will:
understand the philosophy of Core Maths, with its approach to teaching and learning maths through contextualised problem-solving in authentic situations
develop their understanding by exploring a range of common Core Maths approaches and topics (e.g., Fermi problems, critical analysis of numbers in the media) and relate this to their use of pre-release materials
have an understanding of how the NCETM’s teaching for mastery pedagogy relates to Core Maths pedagogy.
NCETM PODCAST: Support, ideas and information for teaching Core Maths - A conversation with the AMSP's Core Maths coordinator, and an enthusiastic Core Maths teacher
PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
This Work Group is for institutions in which Core Maths is established, and will involve teachers of Core Maths who are in at least their second year of teaching the qualification, who are looking to deepen their pedagogical understanding of contextualised problem solving.
These may be teachers in post-16 settings whose main subject is maths or whose main subject is not maths.
Participants will be expected, where appropriate, to work with colleagues in their own department. Participants’ institutions must commit to:
releasing them to attend all Work Group sessions
allowing them to develop their practice in their classroom and share this with departmental colleagues.
Participants must commit to:
attending all Work Group sessions and engaging with and completing activities between Work Group sessions.
This is a free to attend Maths Hub programme, funded by the DfE / AMSP