1. Inspirational Teachers Inspirational Learners of Mathematics
Leeds
July 6th 2016
Failure is never quite so frightening as regret.

2. Ambiguous Learning Activities
Authentic, Autonomous
Ambiguous Learning Activities
Direct Teaching
Decide the outcomes
Identify the steps
Refine the language
Engage the heart
Check the learning
Tune and tweak for excellence
Introduce the AAA
inspirational learning activity.
Learning
Previous assessment point
Time
Inspire Learning
Imagination is stimulated through engaging both heart and mind.
Negotiate and navigate through the range of possibilities
Select the best route to the an outcome of genuine value
Presentation must be considered from the start
Immerse your self in the activity
Reflect and refine as you go along
Evaluation in some form is essential
70 minutes
In the Words of Seneca
Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.

3. In the words of R.F.Dearden Discovery favours the well prepared mind.
Inspirational Teachers
Plan
For
Inspirational Pupils
Through
Thinking Skills
Enterprise
Capabilities
Literacy and the
Arts
Awe,
Wonder,
Spirituality.
In order to create
20 mins / 90 minutes
Successful learners, Responsible citizens, Confident individuals
who are
Independent
Enquirers
Creative
Thinkers
Reflective
Learners
Team
Workers
Self
Managers
Effective
Participators

4. In the Words of Albert Einstein
Meanwhile… the pressure mounts
In the Words of Albert Einstein
Mathematics is, in a way, the poetry of logical ideas

5. In the Words of Paulo Freire I teach because I search.
Deal or No Deal
In the Words of Paulo Freire
I teach because I search.
How much money would a contestant leave with …. If they were to feel they had won?
What is the minimum amount of money the banker would pay out to feel that he/she had won?
And what should Joe do?
15 mins

6. All New Deal or No Deal 1p £1.05 17p £1.40 37p £1.50 65p £1.89 75p
In the Words of Anon
Some people say money doesn’t buy happiness, but I say they don’t know where to shop.
All New Deal or No Deal 1p
17p
37p
65p
75p
£1.05
£1.40
£1.50
£1.89
£2.00
30 minutes
DEAL OR NO DEAL CARDS

7. We are going to have fun with Creativity in Mathematics
Enterprise
Stories
Pattern
Film making and new technologies
Physical mathematics
Through mathematics in the wider curriculum.
70 miutes
In the Words of Tim Brighouse
Our task is to fill their pockets with the true confidence that comes from their completing a task that they know to be significant and the quality of which we have successfully and positively identified. 7

8. Types of Objectives Left Brained Right Brained
Personal learning and Thinking Skills
To Know and use numbers…
To use and apply mathematics ….
To develop as a team worker
To calculate accurately…
To develop the skills of an independent enquirer…
To use algebra …
To use creative thinking ….
To use measures …
To be an effective participator….
To handle data….
To self manage…
To use facts about shape and space…
To reflect on my learning…
30 minutes
In the Words of the Chinese Proverb
Learning is like moving upstream; not to advance is to drop back.

9. In the words of R.F.Dearden Discovery favours the well prepared mind.
Inspirational Teachers
Plan
For
Inspirational Pupils
Through
Thinking Skills
Enterprise
Capabilities
Literacy and the
Arts
Awe,
Wonder,
Spirituality.
In order to create
20 mins / 90 minutes
Successful learners, Responsible citizens, Confident individuals
who are
Independent
Enquirers
Creative
Thinkers
Reflective
Learners
Team
Workers
Self
Managers
Effective
Participators

10. A button red A button blue 1+1=
A Doubles Poem
Doubles are fun, doubles are cool. We're havin' fun, doin' doubles at school.
A button red A button blue
1+1=
Doubles are cool, doubles are fun. We're doin' doubles 'til the school day is done.
Two ducks quack Two lions roar
2+2=
Three little kittens Three little chicks
3+3=
Four peas on a spoon Four peas on a plate
4+4=

11. Five fingers here Five fingers again 5+5=
Doubles are fun, doubles are cool. We're havin' fun, doin' doubles at school
Five fingers here Five fingers again
5+5=
Doubles are cool, doubles are fun. We're doin' doubles 'til the school day is done
Six dogs dig Six dogs delve
6+6=
Seven faces dirty Seven faces clean
7+7=
Doubles are cool, doubles are fun.
We're doin' doubles 'til the school day is done.
Eight jackets red Eight jackets green
8+8=
Doubles are fun, doubles are cool.
We're havin' fun, doin' doubles at school

12. What is the probability of me getting all of this money back
What is the probability of me getting all of this money back? In your classroom would you use real or plastic money with children? Can you arrange the notes and coins in order? What is the difference between each coin and note? Can 1p ever be worth more than £20?
Have envelopes with the full set of coins and notes.
Mathematical asides:
What is the probability of getting all my money back? Would you use real money or plastic money at this point?
Arrange them in to order, what is the value of the coins, notes, total
What is the difference between each note coin etc….. Do a looping diagram
Why is the 50p the odd one out
Bring out pattern
80 minutes

13. In the Words of Ursula le Guin30 3 6 20 21 31 40
In the Words of Ursula le Guin
Many civilisations lived without the wheel, but none existed without a good story.
The Big
Get an image off the internet
Five questions relating to fractions, decimals and percentages, one out of every 5 gold coi ns etc
Introduce the widow’s mite separately 90 minutes
So can 1p be worth more that £20?
P10

14. 30 3 6 20 21 31 40 What do I believe to be true?
What does the internet say is true?

15. Without the man on the plantation the man from Tesco would live in poverty.
With the man from Tesco the man on the plantation does live in poverty.
For every £1 taken
32p goes to the supermarket
26p goes to the people who transport the bananas from the ripening sheds?
20p goes to the people who work in the ripening sheds in the UK.
12p goes to the people who ship the bananas from Ecuador to the UK
10p goes to the farmer who grew the bananas and harvest them.
In the Words of Shakunta Devi
Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.

16. 30 minutes
And now
The Six Word Story

17. Inspirational Teachers
In the words of R.F. Dearden… Discovery favours the well prepared mind
Inspirational Teachers
Plan
For
Inspirational Pupils
Through
Thinking Skills
Enterprise
Capabilities
Literacy and the
Arts
Awe,
Wonder,
Spirituality.
In order to create
Do links 20 mins lunch
Successful learners, Responsible citizens, Confident individuals
who are
Independent
Enquirers
Creative
Thinkers
Reflective
Learners
Team
Workers
Self
Managers
Effective
Participators

18. Modeling the Enterprise Culture
The Great Football Sticker Dilemma.
Ban Them! ?
Modeling the Enterprise Culture
Find something that bugs you.
Focus you passions.
Understand your customers.
Don’t reinvent the wheel.
Rediscover your imagination.
Take advantage of the current climate.
Talk through the albums
60 mins/ 90 mins

19. In the Words of Robin Alexander
Meet the class of 35
The Bunny Boilers
2 hours 10 mins
In the Words of Robin Alexander
‘English primary education in 2000 is the nineteenth century elementary education modified – much modified admittedly – rather than transformed. Elementary education is at its centre of gravity. Elementary education provides it central point of reference. Elementary education is the form to which it most readily tends to regress.’

20. Make £5 Blossom
What if each year group had a target amount of money to raise in a year though mini businesses?
What if each year group supported a particular charity?
Possibilities: A conservation charity
A wild life charity
A children’s charity
A charity that supports the elderly
A charity relating to a particular illness
A charity that supports animals
A charity that supports a disability
What if the children had to run a business aimed at improving part of the school or locality?
2 hours 30 mins

21. Actively Seeking Patterns
Hat Games
Lets play physical algebra
Seeking Pattern from physical algebra
Investigating the addition of three consecutive numbers
Investigating pattern around the multiples of 3
Physical sorting games.
3 hours 30 mins
DIGIT CARDS
Actively Developing a Mathematical Vocabulary

22. How persistent were you at looking for a range of patterns?5*
P A T T E R N S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
100
40 minutes / 90 minutes
100 SQAURES / HANDOUTS
How persistent were you at looking for a range of patterns?
Did you explain why a pattern appeared or did you just describe the pattern?
Did you describe using increasingly complex mathematical vocabulary to describe these patterns?
Are there particular numbers that would be difficult to incorporate into a pattern/

23. Is language v Could be language
4x3 is 12
4x3 could be a bakers dozen with one missing
Is language closes down the mind.. Could be opens up the mind.
20 minutes with example
In the Words of Neil Postman
School textbooks are instruments for promoting dogmatism and trivial learning.