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Overview

This one-day conference is organised jointly by the AMSP and the West Midlands NCETM Maths Hubs and will showcase current, outstanding professional development opportunities for teachers of maths in our communities. There will be a keynote talk from Richard Lissaman and a variety of workshops for delegates to engage with.

Richard Lissaman is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the mathematics department at Warwick University. He has lectured at the Warwick University and worked for Mathematics in Education and Industry (MEI), including a period as programme leader for the national Further Mathematics Support Programme. Richard has over 10 years’ experience as a mathematics lecturer and 20 years’ experience of supporting students with A level Mathematics, Further Mathematics and mathematics admissions tests.

The keynote will take a look at how 1st year mathematics students at Warwick University use Python to further develop ideas they encountered for the first time in A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics. Accessible examples will be taken from modelling in epidemiology, machine learning, cryptography and real-world networks. Teachers may be able to make use of these ideas in the classroom, at least to motivate some topic areas but also possibly to get their students using Python itself.

Aims

  • To enrich teachers with new ideas to use in their A Level and Core Maths classrooms.
  • To bring together teachers of level 3 qualifications in order to discuss their classroom practice.
  • To highlight the professional development and student enrichment opportunities the AMSP and Maths Hub programmes offer at Level 3.

Who will benefit from attending?

This conference would be an excellent opportunity for all current, past or future teachers of level 3 maths qualifications to take part in engaging talks and sessions and share ideas with fellow A Level and Core Maths teachers.

Content

The choices of available workshops are the following:

Workshop 1

Problem Solving and Proof - Martin Withington, SHaW Maths Hub Work Group Lead
Examining techniques which can enable us to help our students become better problem solvers.

Teaching Critical Analysis - James Maloney, AMSP Area Coordinator and North Mids Maths Hub Work Group Lead
A look at ways of teaching critical analysis, highlighting use of the news, starters, hooks, deeper investigation, and the use of previous years' Core Maths preliminary material.

Embedding Statistics into A level Maths - Alex Jaques-Williams, Assistant Director AMSP-Maths Hub post 16 link coordinator
Exploring how we can link the statistics components to the pure content rather than teach it as a completely unrelated module.

Workshop 2

Applying Cognitive Load Theory to designing lessons at A level - Bob Finch, Origin Maths Hub Level 3 and Work Group Lead
Looking at examples of how it is possible to make simple tweaks to lesson plans so that the topic being taught is more easily understood.

Teaching Fermi Estimation - Claire Wilson, Central Maths Hub Work Group Lead
Use of a hook to engage with a Fermi style estimation problem and then create similar problems from different sources of interest.

Using Moving Pictures in Mechanics - Tom Carpenter, AMSP Area Coordinator and Central Maths Hub Assistant Lead
How using Youtube clips and mathematical software can help stimulate student understanding of mechanics.

 

Materials and equipment

Materials for the sessions will be provided on the day. We may ask you to bring a laptop or alternative device on the day depending on your choice of workshops.

Other information

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Study schedule

Workshop 3

A level Pure Maths and Desmos - Christine Watson, AMSP Area Coordinator and Maths Hub Work Group Lead
Exploring the use of Desmos graphing calculator for properties of polynomials and trigonometric graphs and trying out Desmos Classroom activities from the Integral site and learn how to assign and manage these.

University Admission Tests - Richard Lissaman, Senior Teaching Fellow at Warwick University
Getting hands-on with past paper questions, discussing issues and present ideas for working with students on the mathematics admissions tests. Also consider how some questions from the tests could be used in A level Maths and Further Maths teaching.

Teaching Maths Through the Use of Context - Tom Rainbow, AMSP Core Maths PD Lead
Outlining a number of different approaches that could be used when planning contextualised mathematics lessons with a chance to reflect on their relative merits and drawbacks.

Key facts

  • Reference:#11076
  • Audience:Teachers
  • Curriculum focus:A level Further Mathematics, Core Maths
  • Format:Face-to-face
  • Duration:6 hour(s)
  • Region:West Midlands
  • Start date:19 Jun 2023
  • Fee:Free
  • TSMA subsidy:Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent, Walsall and Wolverhampton institutions - £200 per teacher (max. £400 per institution)

Queries?

If you have any queries about this event, please do not hesitate to contact:

Tom Carpenter
[email protected]
01225 776776

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