Description
Many teachers spend time at school the week before
These sessions will be run by Dr Paul Swan and AISWA maths consultants. These two sessions will be both practical and entertaining.
Each of these sessions will include:
- Lesson starters – ideas to get your maths lesson off to a flying start
- A range of simple, yet effective games to add to your repertoire
- Making the most of materials, such as dice
- Some planning and assessment ideas
- A showbag of goodies and freebies
Presenters
David Dunstan (AISWA Staff)
Consultant | Numeracy
David has worked with AISWA for 15 years as a Numeracy Consultant. He taught mathematics to rural students in WA for 28 years. David regularly presents at state and national conferences, and delivers ‘hands-on’ workshops, which includes, “A Whole School Approach to Teaching Place Value” and “Using Cards and Counters to Link the Proficiencies”. In collaboration with Dr Paul Swan, David has co-authored many books, which includes the “Check the Clues” series, “My Word Book: Mathematics” and the 2024 published, “Mathematics Games with School Friendly Cards Book 3”.
Dr Paul Swan
Dr Paul Swan has many years of experience having taught at the primary secondary and tertiary level. He has written many books and games and created resources to help support teachers and the teaching of mathematics. His website www.drpaulswan.com.au contains many further support materials, many which are free.
He is the recipient of many awards, the most recent being for the development and publishing of Bond Blocks. Recently he has developed video PL courses and offers live and pre-recorded video PL as well as face to face PL.
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Segments
Event Segment
Date / Time
21 Jan 2021 Starts: 08:45 Finishes: 11:45Delivery Format : In Person
PL Hours : 3.00
Learning Area
- Mathematics
- Numeracy
School Area
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3