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Brighter Thinking Pod – Ep 42: How to be an Effective Maths Teacher in a Fast-Changing Modern World
In this episode, we discuss:
- What does it mean to be an effective teacher’, if we asked mathematics teachers around the world, what would they say?
- Is fast-changing technology the main challenge faced by mathematics teachers today?
- Is there a difference between how teachers use technology in South Africa and the UK?
- Why do some teachers and parents struggle to embrace new educational technology?
- How do maths teachers harness technology?
- How can making use of maths tech, such as Cambridge Online Maths or Hotmaths, help students?
- Can technology take on the role of the teacher?
- What is the value of games? Or how does allowing students to have some fun actually increase engagement and thus improve performance?
- Why is differentiation not the same as enrichment?
Show notes
Professor Sugata Mitra – TedTalk: Build a School in the Cloud
Cambridge Online Mathematics (COM)
Roger Penrose – The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds and The Laws of Physics
Artificial intelligence in mathematics education: A systematic literature review
ChatGPT, Cheating, and the Future of Education
Cambridge IGCSE™ Mathematics Core and Extended Digital Teacher’s Resource
Host and guests
Arifah Khan – host
Arifah is the Commissioning Editor for Mathematics titles at Cambridge University Press.
Karen Morrison
Karen is an experienced teacher and teacher-trainer who now works as an author and materials developer. She is the author of a number of mathematics courses. Karen has travelled extensively and has worked collaboratively with teachers and authors in the UK, Caribbean, Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Nick Hamshaw
Since graduating from Oxford in 1999, Nick Hamshaw has taught mathematics throughout his career in a mixture of state and independent schools in the UK. Although now a senior leader, Nick continues to teach mathematics regularly. Nick is an author of the first edition of the current Cambridge IGCSE™ Mathematics Core & Extended coursebook.
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