Hi Susan - I'd rather hoped that the person behind RenfrewshireMaths would notice this post, so that I could congratulate them for the brilliant idea - well done :-)
It has been in my mind that more should be done with the Angus links, so I can't tell you how delighted I am to see that you have already done it!
Michael
· 7 months ago
Hi Robert! I think using delicious is a great idea. I wish there was an equivalent I could use to organise my offline files!
I welcome sharing ideas and resources as there is undoubtedly a lot of good work going on all round the country that needs to be shared!
I am currently on two CfE working groups for our council, one for numeracy and one for maths. Our initial remits included 'unpacking' (yeuch) the outcomes which started as an exercise in listing web resources for each outcome.
I'm not convinced that this is what we should be focusing on. Between the vagueness of the outcomes and 'unpacking' exercises I think that there is too much time being spent on the what and not the how.
What I want help with is looking at different learning and teaching approaches - particularly active learning; develop ways to effectively embed numeracy across the curriculum and embed literacy, HWB, etc in our curriculum; ideas on enriching the maths experience, etc, etc.
There are many websites that give lists of links to resources for various topics/levels in maths but what is more in need IMHO are IDEAS and STRATEGIES that over-arch the outcomes.
P.S. Congratulations on PT!!
jonesieboy
· 7 months ago
I agree Michael. But if we are going to find and use web resources, we might as well share the fruits of that effort.
Isn't "unpacking" just a euphemism for "putting in the detail that should have been in there in the first place"?
I want all the stuff you are looking for too, and agree that it is far more important than list of resources. I don't necessarily see it coming outcome by outcome. I'd like advice on generic strategies and approaches as well as specific ideas for how we might teach [clusters of?] outcomes.
Thanks - I'm looking forward to starting for real in August.
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It has been in my mind that more should be done with the Angus links, so I can't tell you how delighted I am to see that you have already done it!
I welcome sharing ideas and resources as there is undoubtedly a lot of good work going on all round the country that needs to be shared!
I am currently on two CfE working groups for our council, one for numeracy and one for maths. Our initial remits included 'unpacking' (yeuch) the outcomes which started as an exercise in listing web resources for each outcome.
I'm not convinced that this is what we should be focusing on. Between the vagueness of the outcomes and 'unpacking' exercises I think that there is too much time being spent on the what and not the how.
What I want help with is looking at different learning and teaching approaches - particularly active learning; develop ways to effectively embed numeracy across the curriculum and embed literacy, HWB, etc in our curriculum; ideas on enriching the maths experience, etc, etc.
There are many websites that give lists of links to resources for various topics/levels in maths but what is more in need IMHO are IDEAS and STRATEGIES that over-arch the outcomes.
P.S. Congratulations on PT!!
Isn't "unpacking" just a euphemism for "putting in the detail that should have been in there in the first place"?
I want all the stuff you are looking for too, and agree that it is far more important than list of resources. I don't necessarily see it coming outcome by outcome. I'd like advice on generic strategies and approaches as well as specific ideas for how we might teach [clusters of?] outcomes.
Thanks - I'm looking forward to starting for real in August.
I think bulk tagging is possible so I could add nbhsmaths to all the old ones if you want?
Cheers,
Dan