Student engagement, #lessonstarter, engaging students with concrete materials, supporting pre-service and early career teachers, and getting out of your comfort zone.

Legendary Alice Springs based teacher, teacher educator, and maths consultant Matt Skoss shares with Allan his keys to student engagement, pedagogy choice, teaching mathematical collaboration, transitioning students from concrete to abstract, cultivating positive dispositions towards learning mathematics, how important it is to join the maths education community and share your personal experiences, and that the only person you can change is yourself, so get out there and try something new.

Tutero
Tutero is a Melbourne-based Australian education company that empowers maths teachers with innovative AI tools to effortlessly create customised lesson plans, assessments, and activities. You can find them at www.tutero.com

Key Links:

Follow Matt Skoss on X: https://x.com/matt_skoss

Get fantastic inquiry-based lessons through the AAMT’s Maths300 resource: https://aamt.edu.au/teachers/resources/maths-300/

Podcast produced by Martin Franklin/East Coast Studio
https://eastcoaststudio.com.au

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The accessibility and power of CODAP, finding the right tools to teach statistics, mining for dataset gold, linking students' lived experiences to statistics, and embracing the specificity of statistics.

Director of Learning Analytics and Technology at Loreto College, Timothy Bond chats with Allan about teaching statistics to students, his journey from avoiding statistics to loving it, the benefits of using real datasets over artificial ones, avoiding being swamped with data, helping students learn with free software that runs in browser, the tension between computation and interpretation, and how to find authentic, verified data for teaching.

Tutero
Tutero is a Melbourne-based Australian education company that empowers maths teachers with innovative AI tools to effortlessly create customised lesson plans, assessments, and activities. You can find them at www.tutero.com

Key Links:

Get in touch with Timothy Bond on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothyjbond/

Use CODAP completely free: https://codap.concord.org/for-educators/

Get connected with more great resources at the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers: https://aamt.edu.au/

Podcast produced by Martin Franklin/East Coast Studio
https://eastcoaststudio.com.au

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How playfulness in the classroom can help get through content more quickly, help students communicate difficulties, and motivate them to be more engaged and excited about mathematics.

Australian Education Awards 2023’s Rising Star of the Year, Stephanie Thomas, joins Allan to share her unique approach to teaching her Specialist Mathematics and year 11/12 General Mathematics classes. She explains her promising results from creating a playful and excited culture within the classroom, giving students room to explore, inquire, and question, being brave when trying something new, and developing more than just good test results from students.

Tutero
Tutero is a Melbourne-based Australian education company that empowers maths teachers with innovative AI tools to effortlessly create customised lesson plans, assessments, and activities. You can find them at www.tutero.com

Key Links:

Contact Stephanie Thomas via email at: [email protected]

Or on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-thomas-293064325/

Learn more about the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers: https://aamt.edu.au/ 

Podcast produced by Martin Franklin/East Coast Studio
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Reasoning boards, building confidence in teachers and students alike, avoiding pitfalls in pre-assessment, breaking down “right or wrong” thinking, and encouraging productive classroom discussion.

Creator of Reasoning Boards, author of articles in both Prime Number and APMC Voluma 28, Donna McNeight joins the season 3 return of Strength in Numbers to help spread confidence in mathematics, effective learning tools, a willingness to try new things, and an understanding of the importance of reassurance and guidance for teachers too.

Tutero
Tutero is a Melbourne-based Australian education company that empowers maths teachers with innovative AI tools to effortlessly create customised lesson plans, assessments, and activities. You can find them at www.tutero.com

Key Links:

Connect with Donna McNeight on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donna-mcneight-610b0458/

Learn more about the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers: https://aamt.edu.au/

Podcast produced by Martin Franklin/East Coast Studio
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The maths education pedagogy war, the role of questioning, inquiry based teaching, pedagogical paralysis, developing students who appreciate mathematics, and more.

President of the American NCTM and 8th grade teacher of over 25 years, Kevin Dykema, and AAMT’s own president and maths education academic, Catherine Attard, join Allan to talk about the challenges universal to mathematics teaching regardless of hemisphere. They explore methods to choose the right pedagogy for the right moment, how there is no single cure-all solution to mathematics teaching, the seven key components of explicit teaching, lessons to learn from other teachers, and how students will show up in class the way they are and as teachers we must meet them there.

Tutero
Tutero is a Melbourne-based Australian education company that empowers maths teachers with innovative AI tools to effortlessly create customised lesson plans, assessments, and activities. You can find them at www.tutero.com

Key Links:

Connect with Catherine Attard on X: https://x.com/attard_c
And explore her work at: https://engagingmaths.com/

Get in touch with Kevin Dykema on X: https://x.com/kdykema
And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dykemamath/

Explore the AAMT’s Explicit Teaching in Maths resource: https://www.mathematicshub.edu.au/understanding-maths/professional-learning/explicit-teaching-in-maths/

Podcast produced by Martin Franklin/East Coast Studio
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The Strength in Numbers podcast is back for its highly anticipated third season, and this time, we're diving deep into the heart of mathematics education.

Join us as we hear from a diverse array of guests – from seasoned educators to renowned experts and academics – who unpack the challenges facing modern mathematics education.

Whether you're an educator, a parent, or simply someone who wants to understand the complexities of modern mathematics education, this season of the "Strength in Numbers" podcast is not to be missed. Join us as we navigate the pedagogical battlegrounds and uncover the strategies and approaches that are truly making a difference in the lives of students around the world.

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Extending students creatively with the National Maths Talent Quest, the value of slow mathematics, contextualising theory with practice, how cybersecurity can engage students in mathematics, and the Maths Book Club WA.

2023 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools recipient, Donna Buckley shares her expertise and experience on engaging students via challenges, the relationship between maths, science, and encryption, championing others in maths, encouraging collaboration between students, and much more.

Key Links:
Connect with Donna Buckley on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/donna-buckley-4642bb16b

Girls’ Programming Network:
https://www.girlsprogramming.network/

Contact Allan Dougan with guest suggestions at:
https://twitter.com/allan_dougan

See other exciting projects from the AAMT:
https://aamt.edu.au/

Podcast produced by Martin Franklin / East Coast Studio

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Evidence-based thinking vs assumption-based thinking, the power of front-loading, and what a PLC even is.

Nichols Point Primary School teachers Annie and Beck, along with Teaching and Learning Manager at Essential Assessment, Jacinta Browning join the podcast to talk about how they have utilised Essential Assessment to drive community wide improvement cycles, used a PLC as a vehicle for student-led growth, helped students share their progress with their parents, and nurtured a culture of learning.

Key Links:
Essential Assessment:
https://www.essentialassessment.com.au/

Jacinta Browning:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacinta-browning-798824235/

Nichols Point Primary School:
https://www.nicholspointps.com

Annie O'Rourke:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/annie-orourke-9a94b0223

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Using storytelling as a teaching tool, the value of the relationship between student and lesson, hit YouTube channel MisterWootube, and the unique approach of the Mathematics Growth Team.

Professor of Practice at the University of Sydney, published author, TED speaker, TV host on ABC and Channel 10, and Mister Wootube himself, Eddie Woo joins this episode of the podcast to share the many lessons he has learned over his career about overcoming student trauma responses to mathematics, learning how your students learn, the secret ingredient to a good lesson, and so much more.

Key Links:
About Eddie Woo:
https://misterwootube.com/2020/03/18/about/

LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/misterwootube

YouTube (for Students):
https://www.youtube.com/misterwootube

YouTube (for Teachers):
https://www.youtube.com/misterwootube2

TEDx Sydney Talk “Mathematics is the sense you never knew you had” 
https://youtu.be/PXwStduNw14

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Learning the teaching craft, creating your own manipulatives, and building a diverse professional network.

Executive Officer with the Mathematical Association of Western Australia Paula McMahon joins the show to share her experiences with helping students connect different concepts of mathematics, learning the craft from teachers in other fields, advice for out of field teachers, and some thoughts on institutional changes to ease the teacher shortage.

Key Links:
Paula McMahon:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-mcmahon-632130168

MAWA:
https://mawainc.org.au/

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Avoiding judgement and shame responses in the classroom, finding room to let go, and showing students that maths is an adventure, not a straight and narrow path.

Ph.D. in Physics, founder of Maths Plus Academy and founding member of The Global Math Project, Raj Shah joins Allan Dougan on the podcast for a discussion about how harmful shame and judgement is for maths students, helping kids develop a passion for mathematics, the difference between maths and school maths, and how helpful a rebrand for maths would be.

Key Links:
Dr. Raj Shah on X:
https://twitter.com/drrajshah

The Global Math Project:
https://globalmathproject.org/

Which One Doesn’t Belong:
http://wodb.ca/

Podcast produced by Martin Franklin / East Coast Studio

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