Books that help maths teaching

A discussion where five teachers describe books—new and old—that have helped in their maths teaching. Show notes: Taking part in the discussion are: Martyn Yeo (@martynyeouk), primary maths teacher at an infants school in Nuneaton, Ben Gordon (@mathsmrgordon), secondary maths teacher at a school in Blackpool, Craig Barton (@mrbartonmaths) secondary maths teacher at a school in Bolton, Laura Tullock (@mrs_tullock) Deputy head at a primary school in north Tyneside, and also Teaching for Mastery Lead for the Great North Maths Hub, Mary Pardoe (@PardoeMary) Former maths teacher, with 40 years’ experience in maths education, Steve McCormack (@stevejmcc) NCETM Communications Director. The books mentioned (some only fleetingly) in this podcast are: Making Numbers, Rose Griffiths, Jenni Back and Sue Gifford Making Every Lesson Count, Andy Tharby and Shaun Allison How I Wish I’d Taught Maths, Craig Barton Yes, but Why, Ed Southall When the Adults Change, Everything Changes, Paul Dix Seven Myths of Education, Daisy Christodoulou Why Don’t Students Like School, Daniel T. Willingham Practising Mathematics, ATM Mathematical Mindsets, Jo Boaler Memorable Teaching, Peps Mccrea The Numberverse, Andrew Day Starting Points, Banwell, Saunders and Tahta Learning and Doing Mathematics, John Mason Alex’s Adventures in Numberland, Alex Bellos The Daily Stoic, Ryan Holiday Most of these, and many more, were also mentioned on the NCETM Twitter chat (#mathscpdchat) in January 2018. You can read the full record of that discussion here. Craig Barton also hosts a podcast centred on Maths teaching (in fact, if we’re honest, it provided inspiration for the NCETM podcast!)