Jo Boaler is a top UK professor of mathematics education who currently works at Stanford University in the US. She often returns to the UK and was very recently back to film for the ITV Tonight Show special on maths which will be shown this Thursday 30th October at 7:30pm. She was featured in the…
Although it was very hard to say goodbye to such a great group of people, I am tremendously grateful for having had the chance to be part of the inspirational network of OU PGCE Mathematics Tutors. Having the chance to reflect on mathematics education with other dedicated and very experienced teachers with diverse experiences must surely…
Rebecca Hanson from Authentic Maths has been fighting for policy reform on Ofsted at the Liberal Democrats Annual Conference in Glasgow. You can see her here (at 2:10)during October while the conference is still live on iplayer.
Following the disappointing news that the Cumbria bid for a Maths Hub was unsuccessful, I have decided to refocus Authentic Maths. There is not enough professional development in mathematics education available for teachers in Cumbria, especially in the west where it’s so hard to do a day trip to Manchester. So I’ve employed Elizabeth Anderson…
By June it seemed that important conversations about pending national assessment reforms were failing to happen effectively because people had lost track on what’s going on. I’ve therefore spent the summer talking to many people from subject associations, unions and awarding bodies to try concisely describe the current position. This short report summarises the pending changes…
Storm Clouds passing St. Bees (photo unaccredited from the internet – if this photo belongs to you please contact me as I would like to give credit for it). Wow – things have so busy I didn’t even have time to write about the launch of my business. It’s been wonderful meeting so many inspiring…
Following the writing of my first report on the 2014 Primary National Curriculum in December I have been corresponding with the key people involved in its development. As a results of their comments I have written a second report which calls for the immediate suspension of the implementation of the 2014 Primary National Curriculum for Mathematics. This new…
A free report for primary schools on the new Primary Mathematics National Curriculum is available here: The Challenges of Implementing the New Primary National Curriculum This concise report provides clear information for schools on the content and development of the 2014 Primary National Curriculum. It focuses in particular on the mathematics curriculum, comparing it with the previous…
I originally thought that Authentic Maths would focus on providing support for primary school. However the feedback from parents who’ve tried it has been so great that I’ve decided to restructure the business and focus on this service instead. This is a big change and so explains why the full business launch has been delayed. …