Maths is More FREE ONLINE EVENT - So what is mathematics? - 09.02.22
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About this event
Audience: School Leader, Teacher
Years: Early Years, Y1, Y2, Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6, Y7, Y8, Y9, Y10, Y11, Primary, Secondary
White Rose Maths are delighted to be hosting a free maths event with our friends at Maths is More!
So what is mathematics?
Maths is More is a group of experienced teachers, researchers and teacher educators from all sectors of education who are concerned about the restricted view of mathematics that is currently being portrayed within the media and in the communications of a number of state funded organisations. We have brought together a number of interested organisations to offer a broader and richer view of both the subject and the ways it can be taught which is research-informed. We have just arranged our first free event led by some exciting people and invite you to join us.
Suitable for all teachers of mathematics from early years to the end of formal schooling.
Speakers:
Mike Askew
Mike Askew is Visiting Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, before which he held Chair Professorships at Monash University, Melbourne, and King's College, University of London. His main research interest is in how to improve the teaching of primary school mathematics and his numerous publications focus on the central importance of reasoning and problem solving in making teaching and learning mathematics an engaging experience for everyone. Mike believes all learners are capable of seeing themselves as mathematicians, given supportive, engaging and challenging teaching.
Flavia Santos
Dr Flávia H. Santos is a cognitive neuroscientist and awardee of the Ad Astra Fellowship (2019-2024) at University College Dublin, Ireland. She has been appointed as Assistant Professor at UCD School of Psychology since 2018 as member of the UCD Affective, Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience team. Dr Santos is affiliated with the UCD Childhood and Human Development Research Centre. She leads the UCD Music and Math Cognition Laboratory. Her research is focused on numerical cognition, developmental dyscalculia and mathematics/statistics anxiety. Currently Dr Santos is funded by the Irish Research Council to test the impact of digital games in children's mathematics learning.
Anne Watson
Professor Anne Watson taught mathematics in challenging schools before undertaking teacher education and research at the University of Oxford. She advised on the mathematics NC in England and also the recent Welsh mathematics curriculum. She works worldwide on ideas in school mathematics, curriculum, task design and pedagogy. She has published numerous books, articles and research papers including ‘Key Ideas in Teaching Mathematics’ with Keith Jones and Dave Pratt (Oxford University Press) and ‘Care in Mathematics Education’ (Palgrave Macmillan). As Strategic Chair for the BBO Maths Hub she is in constant touch with all phases of mathematics education.
Francis Su
Francis Su is the Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics at Harvey Mudd College and a past president of the Mathematical Association of America. In 2013, he received the Haimo Award, a nationwide teaching prize for college math faculty, and in 2018 he won the Halmos-Ford writing award. His work has been featured in Quanta Magazine, Wired, and The New York Times. His book Mathematics for Human Flourishing, winner of the 2021 Euler Book Prize, is an inclusive vision of what math is, who it's for, and why anyone should learn it.
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