Numbers make the world go round 1 Session 4

More assumptions  it’s important to constantly raise people’s expectations about their ability to develop numeracy skills for independence and not just compliance  assessment is not just about where people are now, but where they want to be and where they could be could be if they knew what the possibilities were

Still more assumptions  definitions of ‘community’ are changing and we need to take them into account if our teaching is to be relevant

Spheres of operation Global Community Self Family

Our job  is to breathe life into numbers  enable learners to develop confidence, curiosity, critical thinking in their use of numbers  enable them to widen their spheres of operation

Supernume - the mathematician  knowledge of subject (SMK)  ability to apply what s/he knows  a problem-solver  connected to a mathematical community