A comprehensively updated course, July 2018
A quality, 4-month, online, guided learning journey
The course is relevant to teachers globally; accredited in NSW.
Are you tired of students who are bored and who are disengaged in your maths lessons? Would you like to win more of your students over to your cause i.e. have (most of) them become truly engaged learners? Would you like to have more of your middle/high school students understand the mathematics you are presenting to them? Are you – the teacher – the hardest working person in your classes and would like to change that? This 15-hours-over-16-weeks, online, guided learning journey provides a tried and proven model for school mathematics teaching and learning which can be applied to any mathematics topic. The model is packed with quality pedagogy, incorporating formative assessment practices, feedback strategies, open-ended questioning, additional open tasks and well-scaffolded, student-centred units. All strategies and resources are designed to generate aha moments - genuine experiences of understanding - for students.
Everyone gets to complete!
Teachers have hectic lives and sometimes things get in the way of completing a course in the allocated time. Be assured that if this happens to you, but you are keen to complete; we will do enable you to do so.
Time-saving strategies
OK, you won't believe this now but, rather than using more time, the strategies presented in the course will actually save you some time. (The common, initial assumption from participants is "These strategies look great but they will take extra time which I do not have".) Once you are 3/4 the way through the course you should have experienced this to be true.
A conceptual approach
Participants are guided through an approach to teaching mathematics which is in line with formative assessment and feedback strategies and which is based on pedagogies which better-generate 'aha' moments in students. The approach is referred to as 'conceptual' yet also values the importance of procedures. Numerous classroom-ready strategies and resources are explained in detail which make the classroom implementations relatively seamless.
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In a nutshell ...
Participants explore numerous resources, trial some of the resources and strategies with their students and report back to the course on their experiences. In addition to improving teachers’ ability to enable conceptual understanding in their students, the course also contains tried and proven student management strategies for teachers requiring support in this area. In the above ways, the course equips teachers with the skills to significantly improve the learning environments in their mathematics classrooms.
The ‘flavour’ of the course
Possibly the best way to gain a sense of the flavour of the course is to read one or more of the following articles:
Hours & access
The course is rated at 15 hours. The course is self-paced and access is 24/7. There is no requirement to be logged in at specific times.
Occurrences
Each year the course commences in late-March, mid-June, early-Sept and early-Dec. Enrolments at other times are usually possible - e.g. if you want to start 'now' - simply ask via the enrol or contact forms.
Cost
(4-6 month course, 15-20 hours) $495 (+GST AU & NZ) per enrolment (+4% if using Paypal/Credit Card)
Participants explore numerous resources, trial some of the resources and strategies with their students and report back to the course on their experiences. In addition to improving teachers’ ability to enable conceptual understanding in their students, the course also contains tried and proven student management strategies for teachers requiring support in this area. In the above ways, the course equips teachers with the skills to significantly improve the learning environments in their mathematics classrooms.
The ‘flavour’ of the course
Possibly the best way to gain a sense of the flavour of the course is to read one or more of the following articles:
- Common misconceptions about conceptual mathematics teaching
- Procedural knowledge vs conceptual knowledge in mathematics education
- Conceptual approaches to teaching & learning mathematics need to be student centred
Hours & access
The course is rated at 15 hours. The course is self-paced and access is 24/7. There is no requirement to be logged in at specific times.
Occurrences
Each year the course commences in late-March, mid-June, early-Sept and early-Dec. Enrolments at other times are usually possible - e.g. if you want to start 'now' - simply ask via the enrol or contact forms.
Cost
(4-6 month course, 15-20 hours) $495 (+GST AU & NZ) per enrolment (+4% if using Paypal/Credit Card)
Testimonials
I wish more courses were as useful as this one. This course has changed the way I am teaching my current classes as well as my outlook on how to deal with disengaged students. The changes have been very positive. My students are actually liking maths and can't quite believe that "I can do this" regularly slips out of their mouths. Reading other peoples' thoughts and ideas has been truly enlightening. Richard's feedback and comments were very helpful, thought provoking and supportive.
Lyndell Hatch, NBSC, Cromer, 'Maths-Engagement' course, Sept 2016
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Course Overview
A 2 ½ minute overview of the 'Mathematics-Engagement' course.
Undertake the course as a TEAM
The TEAM approach affords optimum results. What is a TEAM?
A TEAM is a number of teachers from the same school undertaking a course simultaneously. The TEAM approach maximises collaboration and collegial support on site in addition to gaining all the benefits from the online course. The TEAM approach is a great way for school leaders to actively affect pedagogical change within their staff.
For more information on the TEAM approach, click the button below.
A TEAM is a number of teachers from the same school undertaking a course simultaneously. The TEAM approach maximises collaboration and collegial support on site in addition to gaining all the benefits from the online course. The TEAM approach is a great way for school leaders to actively affect pedagogical change within their staff.
For more information on the TEAM approach, click the button below.
Additional information
- For those who completed the original, this course is an upgrade of the one called 'Turning your maths classroom into an engaged learning environment'.
- Target audience: Teachers of years 7-12 mathematics.
- Duration: 4 months (extensions possible).
- Total hours: 15. A certificate is awarded upon completion.
- Course appropriate for all English-speaking mathematics teachers, globally.
- For the Southern Hemisphere teachers - the December occurrence enables you to complete most of the content during the Christmas holidays allowing you run your implementations during Term One and complete the course by mid-March.
Info for NSW, Australia
- Completing Engagement- Winning over your mathematics class (online 7-12) will contribute 15 hours of QTC Registered PD addressing 2.5.2, 6.2.2 and 6.3.2 from the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers towards maintaining Proficient Teacher Accreditation in NSW.
Additional hours spent during the course may be logged as teacher identified hours.
A thought-provoking checklist/survey
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