Making School Maths Engaging

Beschreibung

This book provides an account of a large-scale, national STEM initiative in Australia, the Maths Inside Project, which is designed to increase secondary school students’ engagement and participation in mathematics. The project’s modules include videos illustrating how scientists use mathematics to find solutions to real-world problems, as well as themed activities linked to the school curriculum for mathematics.
Outlining the current debates concerning mathematics education in Australia and beyond, the book describes the development and implementation of the modules to guide their use by teachers in year 8-12 Australian mathematics classrooms. It concludes with a discussion of the research, showing how the project increased student engagement. 
The book discusses the partners involved in the project, including scientists, a national mathematics teachers’ association and the authors’ university. It also offers insights into how to embark on pedagogical improvement through collaboration between individual institutional stakeholders. Providing details of the modules to enable teachers and teacher educators to help their students better understand and utilise the curriculum resources of Maths Inside, the book is a useful resource for educators around the globe wanting to make mathematics engaging, topical and relevant for secondary school students.
Provides insights into ways of collaborating across diverse partner institutions Includes an analysis of research on mathematics education by well-known teacher educators Offers recommendations to enhance mathematics teaching and learning in schools

Autor*in

Anne Prescott

Themen in »Making School Maths Engaging«

mathematics teacher professional learning student engagement pedagogical improvement through collaboration collaboration across institutions rich tasks for student engagement STEM education research on mathematics education enhance mathematics teaching enhance mathematics learning learning and instruction

Stimmen zu »Making School Maths Engaging«

“This book provides a great resource for the mathematics researcher and/or teacher who wants to learn more about an exciting STEM-based project conducted in Australia to make mathematics more engaging and authentic to their secondary students.” (Ann Wheeler, MAA Reviews, May 9, 2021)

Details

Link teilen