Programme 375, Using Picture Story Books to Teach Maths (16-10-19)

Presented and produced by Seán Delaney On this week's programme I bring you a special episode for Maths Week and to mark the seventh conference of Mathematics Education in Ireland held last weekend in Dublin City University's Institute of Education. First I speak to Dr. Siún Nic Mhuirí (from 1'43") from Dublin City University about the Maths4All project she's working on. Among the topics we discuss are: The Maths4All website and resources Alan Schoenfeld's Teaching for Robust Understanding (TRU) framework Challenges of developing video representations of teaching Pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy in teaching mathematics Her thoughts on this year’s Mathematics Education in Ireland conference A message about the importance of believing that maths is for all students Next I speak to Dr. Natthapoj Vincent Trakulphadetkrai from the University of Reading (from 15' 51") about using picture story books to teach mathematics.We discuss the following: His goal to have mathematics picture story books used in both primary and secondary schools to teach mathematics Why picture books can help students learn abstract topics Handa’s Surprise Sir Cumference series Using a picture book to provide context for a lesson Reading a story to apply learning to help characters in a story solve a problem How to use a maths picture story book in a mathematics lesson Benefits of using maths picture story books How children react to using maths picture story books in maths class Children writing their own maths picture story books Papert’s theory of constructionism When should maths picture story books be used in mathematics teaching His website mathsthroughstories.org His view of effective mathematics teaching The journey that brought him from Thailand to England Why he likes the Times Educational Supplement The episode closes with a rant from me about teaching mathematics. I refer to the following books: W. Timothy Gallwey The Inner Game of Tennis Donald Graves A Fresh Look at Writing