Craig Barton interviews guests from the wonderful world of education about their approaches to teaching, educational research and more. All show notes, resources and videos here: https://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/
Charlie is a very important man in the world of maths education. He is the head of both the MEI and the NCETM, as well as still finding time to teach maths. We spoke about the importance of times tables, Mastery teaching and the best and worst features of the new maths GCSE.
For more information about today’s guest, plus links to the websites, resources and ideas they mention, please visit the show notes page: http://www.mrbartonmaths.com/blog/8-charlie-stripp-ncetm-and-mei/
- Charlie‘s view on technology in A Level teaching and assessment
- The role of MEI and the NCETM
- What he likes about the new GCSE and what worries him
- How he would tackle the problem of GCSE resits
- Charlie‘s view on the importance of times tables, and how this view differs to that of Professor Jo Boaler
- What Mastery teaching means to Charlie, and his response to critics who say it encompasses passive learning
- What Charlie would include in primary and secondary teacher training
In my introduction I mentioned the free Diagnostic GCSE Maths exam papers, which can be found here: https://www.diagnosticquestions.com/Quizzes/Collection/HigherGCSEPapers
Here are links to some of the articles I reference throughout the episode:
- NCETM article on GCSE resits Grasping the Nettle https://www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/44649
- TES Article on Times Tables: https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/%E2%80%98it-wrong-tell-children-they-do-not-need-memorise-their-times-tables
- NCETM article on Teaching for Mastery: https://www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/47309
- MEI Problems of the Month: http://www.mei.org.uk/month_item
Here are the links to Charlie‘s Big 3:
- The MEI Home Page http://www.mei.org.uk/
- The NCETM Home Page www.ncetm.org.uk/
- This Maths Hubs programme website page www.mathshubs.org.uk/what-maths-hubs-are-doing/
- Bonus: MEI’s maths app, ‘Sumaze’, which is freely available. It can be downloaded via: http://www.mei.org.uk/sumaze
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Craig Barton
Excellent, as ever. These interviews are a real inspiration, and this one had me retrospectively starstruck, having recently seen Charlie speak at the launch of the Maths Excellence Partnership in Stoke-on-Trent. Keep up the wonderful work Craig! 🙂
Thanks so much, Dom. I really appreciate your kind words. Craig