OUP Event - First Among Equals: The Importance of Reasoning in Primary Mathematics

18/03/2019 in Ambleside Sports Club Enquire about Course

Duration: 6 hours

Time: 09:15 - 15:00

46 places available

Price: £25

Address: Ambleside Way, Nuneaton, CV11 6AT

Lunch will be provided

Course description

The Oxford Expert Speaker Programme brings the best known experts in education to events across the UK to share new ways of thinking about teaching and learning. Oxford University Press is delighted to be working with Mike Askew and Bromley Local Authority, and will sponsor the training costs to deliver Mike's sessions to schools.

Event Agenda

Session 1: The three curriculum aims and how they relate to teaching for mastery 

Session 2: Why is reasoning so important in primary mathematics?  

Session 3: Making a start on reasoning

About Mike Askew Mike Askew is an internationally renowned expert in Primary mathematics education who believes that all pupils can act as mathematicians, given rich, engaging and challenging problems to reason about. Following his role as Professor of Education at King’s College London, Mike spent 4 years as Professor of Primary Education at Monash University, Melbourne and has recently been appointed Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg