Mixed Attainment Maths Conference 6
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On the 13th July 2019 we are holding the sixth mixed attainment maths conference. This is a conference for primary and secondary school teachers of mathematics who are keen to develop ways of working with mixed-attainment groups.
Workshops have been organised by people who are currently teaching, or who have taught mathematics in mixed-attainment classrooms from KS2 to KS4. The intention of the conferences is to share practices through active participation regarding strategies, ideas and resources for teaching in mixed-attainment classrooms.
The aim of those organising the conference is: To help form a community of teachers who share a common belief in social justice and the value of not separating children into groups according to some notion of their (fixed) ‘ability.’
The aim of those organising the conference is: To help form a community of teachers who share a common belief in social justice and the value of not separating children into groups according to some notion of their (fixed) ‘ability.’
'With respect to making accessible the deep structure of any given discipline, I think the rule holds that any subject can be taught to any child at any age in some form that is both honest and powerful. It is a premise that rests on the fact that more complex abstract ideas can in fact be rendered in an intuitive, operational form that comes within reach of any learner to aid him (sic) towards the more abstract idea yet to be mastered.'
Bruner, J. S. (1972), The relevance of education, Trowbridge: Redwood Press Ltd
Bruner, J. S. (1972), The relevance of education, Trowbridge: Redwood Press Ltd
