Who can take part?
This project is aimed at experienced teachers who have been teaching Core Maths for three or more years. Those new or in their first two years of teaching Core Maths would find the Specialist Knowledge for Teaching
Mathematics (Core Maths Teachers) more appropriate.
These Work Groups are for institutions in which Core Maths is established and will involve teachers of Core Maths 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 departments.
What is involved?
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.
What are the intended outcomes?
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Students will:
• have raised awareness of the use of maths and statistics in everyday life.
• have increased their confidence in their mathematical understanding and developed further mathematical understanding and 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.
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.
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.
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.
What is the cost?
This programme is fully funded by the Maths Hubs Programme and AMSP so is free to participating schools/colleges.