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Community & Business Engagement to Bring About Change in Math Education
It was the TMP's good fortune to welcome Jo Boaler, Marie Curie Chair of the University of Sussex, and Ruth Parker, CEO, Mathematics Education Collaboration, at a webinar event to discuss community involvement promoting change in math education.
Jo and Ruth talked about their work with the public. Jo relates experiences with an interesting cross-section of US society, talking about research and mathematics-learning. The publication of her recent book has meant that interaction with publishers, journalists, parents & politicians brought many interesting reactions to the results of her work. Ruth, who Jo describes as “the best engager of the public I know!”, discussed her work with parents and the business community - how her organization has developed a network to bring these groups together to bring math to all students.The session sparked some insightful comments from the participants and we encourage you to continue the conversation here on the TMP Wiki page.
John House, TMP Project Coordinator, begins the thread here with some thoughts that came to mind as a result of his participation in the webinar.
Jo and Ruth talked about their work with the public. Jo relates experiences with an interesting cross-section of US society, talking about research and mathematics-learning. The publication of her recent book has meant that interaction with publishers, journalists, parents & politicians brought many interesting reactions to the results of her work. Ruth, who Jo describes as “the best engager of the public I know!”, discussed her work with parents and the business community - how her organization has developed a network to bring these groups together to bring math to all students.The session sparked some insightful comments from the participants and we encourage you to continue the conversation here on the TMP Wiki page.
John House, TMP Project Coordinator, begins the thread here with some thoughts that came to mind as a result of his participation in the webinar.
To view the entire recording of Jo's and Ruth's presentations, click here
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I can appreciate the 'working with schools' ideas presented in Jo's book both from personal and professional experience. I’m a big supporter of 'positive interaction' models and approaches for both classroom management and parent-teacher communication (while obvious sounding, a positive approach in the classroom seems to be challenging to maintain). As such, I worry about the process of 'advocating' becoming 'adversarial' if there's a lack of experience and skill in, and recognition of, identifying and building on teacher, student and parent positives, such as 'what is working well' in the classroom, and at home.
I also notice, from my own personal parent - teacher conferences (as the parent), I often have to initiate a focus on my kids’ positives but once I do, the conversation shifts and there's a deeper understanding of learning. How do we help ensure that our advocacy isn’t seen as, or actually doesn’t become, adversarial between schools and communities? And has anyone heard of specific ‘positive classroom practice’ models that could apply to community – school advocacy as well? |
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