Teachers TV is a truly fantastic resource.
It is jam-packed full of videos of excellent
teaching practice across all subjects, age ranges and ability
levels, stimulating and engaging in-class resources,
examples of maths in the real world,
studies of how children learn and the
most effective ways to address this, behaviour
management issues and strategies, and much, much more! Best
of all, nearly all the videos come with excellent
free resources and links to really help you get the most out
of them.
This page is intended to be a collection of the videos that I find
most useful and interesting. The videos are divided up into three
groups:
This page is very much a work-in-progress, and I would really appreciate
your input on videos which you have found useful. Please contact me
here.
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1.
Videos for use in the Maths classroom
Name:
Series:
Maths 4 Real
Who
for?
Mainly
Higher Level GCSE
Direct
Link:
Maths
4 Real 1: Set A click here
(includes: percentages, standard form, ratio and more!)
Maths 4 Real 1: Set B click here
(includes: pythagoras, bearings, trigonometry and more!)
Maths 4 Real 2: Set A click here
(includes: quadratics, scatter graphs, rearranging and more!)
Maths 4 Real 2: Set B click here
(includes: prisms, enlargement, loci and more!)
Description:
An
excellent series of videos showing how maths creeps into everyday
life!
A
really nice (albeit perhaps a little corny!) set of videos
were contestants are stuck in a gothic mansion, and the only
way they can escape is... by solving maths challenges!
I
think Marcus du Sautoy is excellent, engaging, and manages
to impart his passion for maths onto even the most reluctant.
This series of 15 minute programs centred around the broad
topic of maths in the real world make for good whole class
viewing.
2.
Examples of excellent maths teaching and fantastic ideas
A
really interesting 30 minute video about a maths teacher who
seeks advice on improving his presentation skills and levels
of pupil engagement in order to convince an inspector to grade
his lesson as "outstanding". Will he do it?...
Name:
Assessment
for Learning: Exploring Graphs with Year 9
A
teacher takes a risk and hands over control of the lesson
(and so also the learning) to the students. An interesting
idea that allows both the teacher and the students to gain
valuable insight into what the students know and don't know.
A
really nice set of 15 minute videos from Behaviour Management
expert, John Bayley. He visits tough schools, works with both
experienced and inexperienced teachers, and spends time with
the most disruptive of classes. I found it really interesting
to hear his perspective on why children misbehave, and how
relatively simple strategies can combat it.
A
really interesting (and brave!) idea. Pupils film teachers
during their lessons and then offer feedback about what they
liked and what they didn't. Some of their points of view make
for interesting viewing...
An
interesting 15 minutes program which focuses on two Ofsted
inspectors and their thoughts on the lessons and practices
they observed in a Gloucester secondary school.
4.
Carol Vorderman's "Maths of Life" Series
1.
Parking
2.
The
Golden Ratio
3.
Perspective
4.
Spatial
Awareness
5.
Present
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Videos for use in the Maths classroom 
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Examples of excellent maths teaching and fantastic ideas 
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