October 22, 2018
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What is the odds that you’ll win a toy playing the ‘claw’ arcade game? First of all we should probably consider what is probability and chance. So what is Probability? Basically probability is how likely something is to going to happen. Lots of different things can be said to be probable to happen for example, … Continue reading Chance and Probability → Continue reading
October 18, 2018
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Comments Off on Would You Chance it All?
How often do you take a chance? The answer would be every day. Every day we take a chance, whether it be crossing the road, going to the gym or simply choosing to watch the TV. We cannot predict the potential outcome of doing something, yet, without even thinking, we create the factors that are […] Continue reading
October 17, 2018
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Comments Off on Are Artefacts Worth Their Weight in History Lessons?
Turner-Bisset (2005), speaks about the use of artefacts in the teaching of history in the primary classroom. It is stated that artefacts are a multi-sensory resource, making them useful in an early years classroom as a starting point for enquiry based learning. Using common objects as an artefact can allow pupils to see immediate relevance […] Continue reading
October 17, 2018
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Comments Off on Maths and Art
An input i found very interesting, and thoroughly enjoyed, from the Discovering Maths module, was about how maths can be creative. I have to admit, this thought had never really crossed my mind. We spent time talking about, and looking at, tessellation’s and different forms of islamic art. Although I have seen both of these […] Continue reading
October 17, 2018
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What is the odds that you’ll win a toy playing the ‘claw’ arcade game? Probability, Odds and Random Chance. Probability is the likelihood or chance that something will happen. Probability is an estimate of the relative average frequency with which an event occurs in repeated independent trials. Probability: The probability is how likely something is to … Continue reading Chance and Probability → Continue reading
October 13, 2018
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Comments Off on ‘No More Boys and Girls’ – A Lesson on Gender Stereotyping
If you were asked to buy clothes for a child, it’s hard to break away from the instinct to associate the colours blue for a boy and pink for a girl. Similarly, when asked to picture a toy that would appeal more towards a boy or a girl, I know that, in my case, I […] Continue reading
October 11, 2018
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Comments Off on Bringing Mindfulness and Poetry Together
I smell the rain appearing in the damp air I see the drear grey clouds with the winter sun peering through I see red, orange, yellow Crunch! I can hear my exaggerated footsteps I feel confused as to how a form of death can be so beautiful, yet often go unnoticed. This poem was created using a combination […] Continue reading
October 10, 2018
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Do children really need the fundamental principles of mathematics? To explore this question, we must first ask what is fundamental principles of mathematics? Profound understanding of fundamental mathematics refers to simple concepts within the mathematical world, through skills and exploration. Ma (2010) describes PUFM as “the understanding of the terrain of fundamental mathematics that is … Continue reading Fundamental principles of mathematics → Continue reading
October 10, 2018
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Comments Off on Does mathematics come easy to everyone?
What can impact the learning of mathematics in the classroom? To truely understand this question we must delve into the minds of children today. Children today have the right to learn maths in their own time and at their own speed which means that it can be difficult to comprehend if some children truly find … Continue reading Does mathematics come easy to everyone? → Continue reading
October 9, 2018
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Comments Off on Does creative mathematics have more an impact on children?
Does creative mathematics have more of an impact? What is creative mathematics? Before we begin to explore this we should ask ourselves, what is creative mathematics?Creative Mathematics, according to Wall (2012), “is not a compendium of mathematical facts and inventions to be read over as a connoisseur of art looks over paintings.” It is, instead, a sketchbook … Continue reading Does creative mathematics have more an impact on children? → Continue reading
October 9, 2018
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Comments Off on The Expressive Arts and How It Saved Me
32 hours – give or take – after yesterday’s lecture on the expressive arts and I still cannot stop thinking about it. I knew this lecture would resonate with me particularly well as I have triple threat of qualifications in the form as a unit in Advanced Higher Voice, as well as in Higher Drama […] Continue reading
October 5, 2018
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Comments Off on Old ways won’t open new doors
Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending an introductory session on autism through Elaine Smith from Autism Scotland. This session was organised by the Education Society and proved an extremely valuable experience to learn about a topic that, although I have heard small pockets of information, I had little knowledge of. This wasn’t through intended […] Continue reading
October 4, 2018
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Comments Off on Racism is everywhere
Before my lecture on racism, I always thought the minority of people were racist, because it was rare for people to verbally and physically attack people, due to their race. However, it wasn’t until this lecture that I realised how complex racism is. Firstly, I learnt that cultural and institutional racism does impact peoples’ individual […] Continue reading
October 3, 2018
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Comments Off on Racism Today
The lecture last Tuesday informed us all about the raw, harsh truth of society today. It reminded us that there is a long history of racism in the world; yet at the same time it is a current affair that lots of people are still having to deal with, today. We first were told about […] Continue reading
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 […] Continue reading
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 […] Continue reading
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 […] Continue reading
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 […] Continue reading
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 […] Continue reading
September 30, 2018
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Comments Off on Racism and Patriarchy within Society and Schools
This week within our Values Lecture, we dug deeper into racism and patriarchy alongside their histories and sociological perspectives. The lecture aimed to make us think deeper into how far we have come with racism and patriarchy, and how we are still battling these matters in modern times. As a student who loved studying History […] Continue reading
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