What is mathematics for?
I have been working on the next issue of Mathematics Teaching in the last few weeks. As it was finally coming together, … Continue reading What is mathematics for?
I have been working on the next issue of Mathematics Teaching in the last few weeks. As it was finally coming together, … Continue reading What is mathematics for?
I want to preface this by saying this should not be read as being in any way critical of teachers … Continue reading Giving up on school mathematics
I have been adapting some writing aimed at a UK audience for Australia and noticed that the guidance for the … Continue reading Mathematical talk with Tate
The news from the west coast of the USA and Canada is reminding is that the climate crisis is real … Continue reading Mathematics and the climate crisis
Every Saturday morning, I catch the train from Glossop to Manchester Piccadilly with my grandson aged 4. He has started … Continue reading Automatic recall. A dangerous notion?
In the UK, currently, there is much discussion around the appropriateness of the curriculum that we teach, so that all … Continue reading Decolonising the mathematics curriculum. Whatever that is?
As with so many things, the Hay Book Festival in England took place virtually this year. As with many other … Continue reading Catch-up and learning mathematics
As I was looking back through my dropbox files last week I came across this piece which I wrote with … Continue reading Creativity and early mathematising
For the last year year we have been presented with a mathematical problem as the opening item on every news … Continue reading Teaching mathematics through problem solving
Using mathematics schemes? I have a love/hate relationship with mathematics schemes. By ‘scheme’, I mean a series of books which … Continue reading Using mathematics schemes