I started this blog at the beginning of 2020 for multiple reasons:
- I wanted to bring together all sorts of resources and materials I had been engaging with in mathematics education
- I enjoy discussing maths education but needed some written outlet so none of it would get lost
- I wanted to chart my own development as a mathematics educator – how would my teaching philosophy and practices change over time?
At the time, I had no formal teaching experience. I was about to commence my Bali practicum (which I wrote about in my first published post), but everything I knew and read about teaching maths was purely theoretical. Since that time, a few things have changed. I have completed two professional teaching experiences (one in Bali, one domestically), and I tutor some students on a weekly basis. Safe to say my understandings of teaching maths has developed a lot over the past year.
The reasons I will try to continue this blog are the same as the reasons I started it. There is a lot out there for me to learn and I would like to document it all. I have discovered a lot of new things in my teaching experiences and I would like to share them all. So this post is a declaration of my commitment to honour the original aims of this blog.
This morning I took a look at some posts in my Drafts folder, many of which were generated while I was in Bali. I don’t know if I can complete those (sorry about Part 2) but I can try. In the meantime I will take a fresh direction. I won’t promise anything – it feels worse when a promise is unkept – but posts will generally feature lesson activities I’ve tried, book reviews/recaps, teaching ideas I have come across and would like to discuss, and more.
Stay tuned!
Teaching By Numbers 