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Programme
9.00 - 9.30 Refreshments and bookstall
9.30 - 11.00 First workshop session
11.00 - 11.30 Refreshments and bookstall
11.30 - 13.00 Second workshop session
Book your workshop places NOW to avoid disappointment by emailing
barbara@ludlowballs.force9.co.uk
Closing date 26 February
Workshop A
Where is the textbook for children with special needs?
Brian Sharp
All I can do is show why there isn't one, and should never be, but that
we could have some reference for fundamental or essential concepts that
can be developed in a variety of ways. I shall try to explore how we can
take a mathematical difficulty, and develop
strategies for how we might teach it.
All aspects of mathematical thinking should be open to all pupils and
using a small range of resources such as coins, counters or interlocking
cubes, I will also present a small collection of activities that will
focus on developing children's mathematical understanding.
These activities are suitable for children at KS3 and should help them
explore the
mathematical structure of the number system and of properties of shapes,
and
provide questions that help children to demonstrate this understanding
through
their own explanations and reasoning, including algebraic reasoning.
Brian Sharp has worked in Herefordshire as their Secondary Mathematics
Consultant (as part of the National Numeracy Strategy) since 2002.
Before that he began his teaching career in a special school and has
worked in mainstream settings both as a teacher of mathematics and as a
SENCO.
Workshop B
Algorithms don't just belong in the Further Maths Course!
Colin Muddiman
Algorithm - A sequence of precise instructions to solve a problem
Algorithms figure prominently in the Decision Module of the Further
Maths A Level course
but can be accessible to pupils at an earlier level.
Following a brief review of the
Further Mathematics Network I will introduce some algorithms to enable
you to solve problems associated with packing, sorting, and finding the
shortest route between two towns. These activities can be used as the
basis for exploratory work in KS3 and KS4.
Colin Muddiman came into maths teaching via mechanical engineering. He
has taught in
Shropshire for many years, mostly full time in Bridgnorth, but currently
part
time at Adams Grammar School in Newport. He also teaches with the
Further Maths Network and assists a solar water heating installer from
time to time not far from Bishops
Castle!
Workshop C
Branching out
Don Steward
I am interested in independence (for students) and how we
cultivate it now that the Strategy offers bundles of objectified
content, with timings, and prescribed routes and formats for lessons
that many fear to depart from. Encouraging intellectual breakout is
readily managed by way of people teaching themselves and then peers, but
I've a
(highly biased) view that a teacher can add beneficial influence through
a choice of
task, the ways in which this task is offered and then developed. I like
to view KS3 as a
time for enculturing students into both the creative and rigorous
aspects of the subject and intend offering a few thoughts (treatments)
for standard topics that have a degree of openness and maintain due
attention to logical argument. We can consider how to
embellish or vary these tasks so that students do most of the work and
have opportunities to sparkle.
Don Steward was the Shropshire Maths Adviser and then operated a
consultancy called MEDIAN for 14 years. He worked on the 1999 revision
of the maths national curriculum and the first draft of the NNS scheme
of work. He is now head of maths at William Brookes School in Shropshire
where the maths GCSE (C+) results have risen from a seven year average
of below 50% to 63% and then 73%. Maths is now the most popular subject
for advanced level study in the school.
Workshop D
Interactive mathematics teaching
Barbara and Derek Ball
Participants will work collaboratively on a range of
activities suitable for KS3 and KS4 classrooms. Most activities will
involve the use of one computer in the classroom and will be interactive
and promote whole-class discussion. They will enable teachers to teach
mathematics without being tied down to a particular approach. They will
promote understanding of significant mathematical ideas, using a
problem-solving approach that motivates the acquisition of knowledge and
skills, whilst challenging pupils to think and reason mathematically.
Barbara Ball was the Professional Officer for the Association of
Teachers of Mathematics between 2002 and 2005. Prior to that, Barbara
taught mathematics for 37 years in comprehensive schools. Derek Ball has
for many years worked in initial and in-service teacher training. He has
been particularly interested in the use of computers in the
mathematics classroom for over 20 years, has written programs and has
used computers
extensively in his work with teachers and with pupils. Together they
wrote the innovative Task Maths series of text books and were the series
editors for Nelson GCSE Mathematics. They have been the editors of
Mathematics Teaching. More recently, they have written a number of
interactive software packages both for ATM and for Pearson Education.
Their most recent production is Task Maths Interactive, published by
Cambridge Hitachi.
Numbers for each workshop are limited, so please book your place as soon
as possible by emailing
barbara@ludlowballs.force9.co.uk and giving the letter codes (A, B,
C, D) for the two workshops of your
choice.
If workshops are over-subscribed places will be allocated on a
first-come-first-served basis.
You will be able to browse and buy ATM and MA publications at special
prices, and so don't forget to bring your wallet, cheque book
or credit card.
The school is situated at the junction of the A488 with the B4385 at
Bishop's Castle. The main entrance is on the B4385.
If you are thinking of coming to this event on 10th March why not make a
day of it and bring your friends and family? Bishop's Castle is a
beautiful place, with shops selling everything from Art Deco china to
hand-made textiles from all over the world and there is also the Three
Tuns Brewery and the Six Bells Inn which brews its own beer. And there
are many beautiful walks in the surrounding countryside. Visit
www.bishops-castle.co.uk to find out more.
Don't forget to ensure your place for this event by emailing Barbara as
soon as possible with your choice of workshops.
The closing date is 26 February.
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