On this episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast I spoke to Charlie Stripp, the Director of the NCETM and Chief Executive of the MEI. Throughout our chat we covered loads of things, including:

 

• 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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Thanks for listening and see you next time!

Craig Barton