October 2, 2018
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Comments Off on Can a raise in attainment within mathematics be created and maths anxiety destroyed?
Discovering maths has really opened my mind and has got me thinking about how I want to teach maths in my future classroom and what kind of teacher in maths I want to be. After one of the discovering maths lectures it allowed me to begin to ask myself a series of questions around the […]
October 2, 2018
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Comments Off on Engagement and Motivation: A Guide Written by a Dummie
After a lecture focussed on the use of fieldwork in the teaching of Social Studies I began thinking about the lessons I have taught in previous placements and how they could be improved. The Social Studies Principles and Practices document (Education Scotland n.d) states that skills such as exploring, investigating, discussing and presenting are a […]
October 2, 2018
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Comments Off on A inquisitive query on South Africa’s quota policy
Having sat through Derek’s lecture on racism last week I am able to reflect on previous experiences regarding race. In this blog post I am going to write about my one true passion – cricket – cricket is a colonial sport and has racial divisions deeply embedded in the politics of the sport. All throughout […]
October 2, 2018
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Comments Off on Maths Being Creative?
Maths Being Creative? When I think of ways to describe Maths, creative definetly does not appear on the list or anywhere near it. The common perception of Maths is long, difficult equations, hard to understand problems and a few questions involving graphs. Overall, it is something quite dreary and dull. However, Maths can be a […]
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on Racism in our Society
On Tuesday, I participated in a lecture about the Racism that occurs in our community. The lecture contained the stories about Emmett Till, lynching and the progress we’ve made as a community during the past century whilst also highlighting the work we’ve still to do. Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy (who was […]
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on Values Lecture Reflection – 25/09/18
The lecture in which had the main focus of racism evoked a true reflection of myself and my values. Although it is an extremely sensitive topic, it is necessary that we, as teachers, understand it. Racism is engrained within our society and can come in many forms. In the case of Emmet Till – a […]
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on Racism Reflection
Last Tuesday I was involved in a very interesting lecture which was all about an issue surrounds us all, racism. We were taught about horrible stories such as the Emmett Till murder and the lynching of black men and women in America in the 20th century. These horrible racist actions are a thing of the […]
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on Sociological Perspectives on Racism and Sexism
Racism and sexism are two of the many issues that unfortunately continue to remain prevalent in today’s society. As part of our ‘Values: Self, Society and the Professions’ module, we were given a lecture on racism and sexism throughout history and how these issues from the past still remain prevalent to this day. It was […]
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on Making a mess
While scrolling through facebook earlier today, I came across this photo in a post about children getting dirty while learning. I was immediately reminded of a lesson I had taught in my P7 class on placement, and sent it straight to the class teacher who had been my mentor, having a little giggle. The lesson … Continue reading Making a mess →
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on My Reflection on Racism and Patriarchy.
Last Tuesday involved an extremely thought provoking lecture on racism and patriarchy. Sadly we live in a society where despite there being positive changes to these issues, they are still extremely prevalent. Therefore, in my role as a future primary teacher, these issues will sadly still need to be addressed within the classroom. I hope […]
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on Has Society Already Formed an Opinion for Us to Follow?
Reflecting back on Derek’s lecture last week about social inequality was a real eye opener in so many different ways. It made me consider my perspective about society and how they have formed opinions about different things that we didn’t even make ourselves – in particular women in sport and racism. Growing up in the […]
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on A Changing Attitude to Mathematics.
Maths anxiety can be defined as the feeling of fear we experience that stops us from reaching our full potential in the subject. Haylock and Thangata (2007) This is something I can say I have experienced myself. In high school, for me, the thought of a maths class would mean doing the same equations out of […]
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on Math Anxiety.
Math as far as I can remember has always been a daunting subject for me. Throughout my time at high school anytime I entered the math classroom this sudden fear would hit, the fear of the unknown, the fear of not being able to do the work. And no matter how hard I tried I […]
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on Tessellations
Last week we had a fun and exciting lecture which focused on tessellations and their link to Islamic Art. . Firstly, a tessellation is a pattern of flat shapes which is repeated. When the pattern is repeated the shapes fit perfectly together in order to cover a surface, with no gaps between the shapes. You can […]
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on Creativity in Mathematics
When I first read the title of the first presentation I thought “No way? How can mathematics be creative?”. This is when I began to realise that I did not “hate” maths in the way I thought I did because it is actually an extremely powerful subject which is used in everyday life which we … Continue reading Creativity in Mathematics →
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on Racism and Patriarchy
I attended a lecture on Tuesday morning about Racism and Patriarchy which made us aware of what has happened many years ago and what is going on now to do with these subjects. The first section of the lecture was on Racism. We firstly looked at how the concept of race emerged in the 18th […]
October 1, 2018
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Comments Off on Maths: Something to be enjoyed rather than passed
I always saw Maths as an important subject, an important subject to be passed not enjoyed. When I was in school there was a complete lack of enjoyment within this subject, there was no creativity within the provided work, it was very much copying questions from a textbook. This procedural approach didn’t ensure the understanding […]
September 30, 2018
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Comments Off on Do I have maths anxiety?
Maths anxiety as described by Sheffield University (2018) is “an emotion that blocks a person’s reasoning ability when confronted with a mathematical situation”. This, however, does not mean that those suffering with said anxiety are poor performers within the subject. Where the anxiety comes from is undetermined, I believe it stems from a mixture of […]
September 30, 2018
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Comments Off on Reflections on Racism
Have we moved that far as a society, in relation to racism, since the 1950’s? It would be easy to say yes, we have come a long way. Before researching this, I would have thought that the majority of attitudes have changed and Britain has become a more inclusive society. As I researched more into […]
September 30, 2018
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Comments Off on Do We Draw the Line on Equity?
Last Tuesday, during my Values Seminar, we were all asked to split into 5 groups. Each group was then given an envelope, which all contained the same materials. Or so we thought. Initially I didn’t even clock on to the fact that other groups had more or even less resources than the group I was […]
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