Read the latest guest blog written by Sue Gifford: Consultation on the Early Learning Goals: Are the new reforms based on research? The government are proposing reforms to the current EYFS Early Learning Goals, the statutory assessment for five year olds at the end of reception (Consultation closed January 2020). With regard to mathematics, the reforms are intended to … [Read more...]
BERA 2020 Conference Maths Ed SIG
The British Educational Research Association (BERA) 2020 Annual Conference (https://www.bera.ac.uk/conference/bera-conference-2020) will be held at the University of Liverpool, 8-10 September 2020. If you would like to contribute a paper or symposium to the Mathematics Education SIG (https://www.bera.ac.uk/community/mathematics-education), the deadline for … [Read more...]
News from BSRLM Belfast Conference – New Executive members
We had a successful conference in Belfast on 9th November, with some very interesting presentations raising issues about mathematics education in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and England. At the AGM, we appointed new members of the executive committee for 2020 Chair: Jeremy Hodgen Publications Officer: Rachel Marks Online Communications … [Read more...]
New blog on ‘Making mathematics pedagogy more visible to learners’
Read the latest guest blog written by Pete Wright: Making mathematics pedagogy more visible to learners The Visible Maths Pedagogy project is a collaboration between Dr. Pete Wright (UCL Institute of Education), Alba Fejzo and Tiago Carvalho (mathematics teachers at Stoke Newington School). The study focuses on developing strategies for making teachers’ pedagogy more visible … [Read more...]
New blog by Sue Gifford on ‘The case for Space in the early years’
Read the latest guest blog written by Sue Gifford: The case for Space in the early years Recently, the government proposed removing Shape, Space and Measures as a learning Goal for five year olds at the end of reception, and replacing it with a second Goal about number. Early years teachers I spoke to were adamant about the importance of SS&M for early maths. They were … [Read more...]