Hodder Education
Thinking Deeply About Primary Mathematics
Thinking Deeply About Primary Mathematics
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Thinking Deeply about Primary Mathematics is a comprehensive exploration of the ideas, theories and practices of most value to beginning teachers, as well as any teacher with the desire to improve their practice.
Immediately applicable in the classroom and supported by robust analysis of research into mathematics teaching, this book is designed to provide inspiration for specialised teaching assignments with the power to enhance both the rate and quality of your professional development journey.
Through the use of expertly crafted explanations, examples and tasks, each chapter will guide you step by step through the otherwise intimidating world of primary mathematics teaching.
This book is perfect for teachers driven to become highly effective practitioners. It also serves as a blueprint for school leaders looking to develop the abilities of their teachers and ensure the highest quality mathematics education for all children.
Teacher proficiency is a vast uneven continuum but in taking time to think deeply about primary mathematics we allow ourselves with the opportunity to build a solid base from which a successful, fulfilling career can be constructed.
The insight and expertise provided by Thinking Deeply About Primary Mathematics is essential for anyone involved in the teaching of mathematics.

Language
English
ISBN
9781913808600
About the author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part one: The teacher development manifesto
Chapter one: The novice and the expert teacher
Chapter two: High quality textbooks and curricula
Part two: Developing in real time
Chapter three: High quality textbooks and effective use
Chapter four: Concrete – context – pictorial – abstract – language (models, images and teaching for proceptual understanding)
Chapter five: Threshold concepts and the primary mathematics classroom
Chapter six: Depth and challenge
Chapter seven: Misconceptions
Chapter eight: Variation pedagogy
Part three: Developing over time
Chapter nine: Instruction – direct, explicit or otherwise
Chapter ten: Language
Chapter eleven: Reasoning
Chapter twelve: Purposeful storytelling
Chapter thirteen: Planning
Part four: Masters of our destiny
Chapter fourteen: Avoiding the plateau
Chapter fifteen: Reading
Chapter sixteen: Social media
Chapter seventeen: Research in the time of cholera
Epilogue
References and further reading

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