Teachers Talking About Teaching Mathematics

Celia HoylesDirector

NCETM: the Vision

to develop a sustainable national infrastructure for subject-specific professional development for teachers of mathematics that will

• enable the mathematical potential of learners to be fully realised &

• raise status of the profession

Aims of NCETM

• to be a ‘gateway’ for the mathematics community• to build a community of teachers of mathematics

across all stages & sectors from early years through to teachers of adult learners

• to provide tools & materials that engage teachers of mathematics

• to support & promote CPD opportunities where possible in partnership with key stakeholders

• to set out a professional learning framework for all teachers of mathematics

Professional Learning Framework

greatest impact on improving effectiveness of teaching and learning is CPD with all three components

CPD needs to be cumulative & sustained leading to appropriate recognition &/or accreditation

MathematicsContent Knowledge

+Subject SpecificPedagogy

+Embedding In Practice

What has the NCETM done to date?

Portal

action research

discussionslinks

Subject learning coach

NetworksRegional

Grants

resources next steps to increase impact

• Bowland maths• Williams review of mathematics teaching in EY & primary • support schools in performance review• subject leaders• subject associations & HEIs• STEM• small grants

Bowland Mathematics Initiative for Key Stage 3 www.bowlandmaths.org.uk

funded by Bowland Trust with support from DCFS.

aims to develop thinking, reasoning & problem solving skills

23 case studies including classroom materials & supporting training materials

cold trials in 2 schools with feedback to developers

Bowland Mathematics Initiative for Key Stage 3 www.bowlandmaths.org.uk

generic CPD package for whole programme by team including the Shell Centre & ATM, MA

includes video of teachers discussing problems, teaching the module & reviewing what happened

NCETM to support ‘roll-out’ next term

formal launch late spring, 2008, with case studies available to schools 2008/9.

Williams Maths ReviewA review of mathematics teaching in Early Years settings and Primary schools

NCETM is supporting the Review through our on-line primary mathematics Survey

complete the survey & tell all the primary & EY practitioners you know about it!the sooner the better!

exemplification of standards (TDA & LLUK)

Self evaluation tools

supporting performance review

TDA standards

self evaluation tool

Subject Leaders

NCETM awarded a grant to provide 40 new mathematics subject leaders with 10 day course in Spring 2008.

• course intended for teachers who are new to the role of mathematics subject leader in a secondary school or college who have been in post for less than two years.

• 3-day initial face-to-face session in January followed by five days' working with colleagues in schools (forming communities on the portal) & 2 more days face-to-face over Jan-April

• courses based in Warwick & London

NCETM National & Regional Events

12 March 2008, The Potential of ICT in Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Central Hall, Westminster

keynote speakers ･ Rt Hon Jim Knight MP, Minister of State for Schools and Learners ･ Jeremy Roschelle, Director of the Centre for Technology in Learning,

SRI, Palo Alto, Californiateacher groups /small grants & selected exhibitions & workshops

17 June 2008 NCETM Second Annual Conference to celebrate a year's achievements & include the launch of the Williams’ Report on EY & primary mathematics.

Regional Events See regional pages on portal for all events in your area.

For more information visit www.ncetm.org.uk or email events@ncetm.org.uk

NCETM grants scheme aims to support collaborative

teacher research & investigation

28 small grants currently running: 6 Key Stage 2/Primary 11 Key Stage 3/Secondary 5 All Key Stages 2 Key Stage 1/Foundation 4 Key Stage 4/Post 16

A further 23 approved 31st July 2007 1 All Key Stages 10 Key Stage 3 2 Key Stage 4

10 Primary

Next Call for Grant Applications

• Another round of grants: Final submission date 14th December (approval early January)

STOP PRESS

• Piloting a new small Development Grant scheme to facilitate ‘research into practice’

Look out for details on the portal

two windows for these new Development Grants, March and October each year from 08 onward with a ceiling for grants of £5000.00.

today we celebrate our small grants

giving voice to networks of teachers & their partnersincreasing impactgrowing demand

Teachers Talking about Teaching Mathematics

Professor Terezinha NunesDepartment of EducationUniversity of Oxford

Her research aims is to understand how children think so we can teach them in ways that help them best to learn & enjoy learning Her work underlines the crucial importance of building from what children knowHer focus is on children's logic, the logical moves they make and the ones they need to learn to make so that mathematics seems sensible not arbitrary

Street Mathematics, School MathematicsChildren doing MathematicsTeaching Mathematics to Deaf ChildrenAre fractions too difficult for primary school children?and more much of the work in collaboration with Prof Peter Bryant