Python Notes for mca i year students osmania university.docx
Morris
1. Numeracy, mathematics & Indigenous Learners
What are the Cluster Findings from the Make It
Count project and what do they mean for
teaching and learning
2. The Clusters - mic.aamt.edu.au
Swan Valley
Alberton
Noarlunga
Orange
Healesville
Dharug
Nerange
Gladtsone
4. The Cluster Findings - Professional Knowledge
1. Know Indigenous learners and know
how they learn: be aware, be connected,
be sensitive.
5. The Cluster Findings - Professional Knowledge
2. Know the mathematics content and know the diffe
6. The Cluster Findings - Professional Practice
3. Plan for and implement Responsive
Mathematics Pedagogy for Indigenous learners
that is culturally, academically and socially
inclusive: be intentional, be responsive, be
effective. All students will benefit.
7. The Cluster Findings - Professional Practice
4. Create and maintain learning
environments in which Indigenous learners
feel safe and supported: be sensitive, be
demanding, be supportive.
8. The Cluster Findings - Professional Practice
5. Develop and use tools that assess both
affective and cognitive learning outcomes
specific to Indigenous learners, provide
feedback, and report on student learning: be
constructive, be clear, be flexible.
9. The Cluster Findings - Professional Engagement
6. Engage with colleagues in professional learning
communities in ongoing, action oriented,
professional learning and who are prepared to
push the boundaries, move outside their comfort
zone. Strive for collegial innovation in both
Indigenous education and mathematics and
numeracy education: be brave, be open, be
collegial.
10. The Cluster Findings - Professional Engagement
7. Engage with Indigenous parents, families
and community in two-way dialogue: be a
listener, be a leaner, be an advocate, be a
share of knowledge.
11. The Cluster Findings - Professional Engagement
Layers of professional
learning
Layer 1: professional learning
that looks for ideas to teach
the next day
Layer 2: professional learning
programs that offer packages
or
Layer 3: professional learning
that is about deep pedagogic
change or shift, changes a
Project Manager for 2009-2014.
My study with UniSA gave the project advantage and helped significantly to shape the thinking
relationships with Ab people and academics
information comes from the MIC website
Acknowledgement of Critical Friends Tyson Yunkaporta and Steve Thornton re the CFs
Layers of professional learningLayer 1 - the outer layers: professional learning that looks for ideas to teach the next dayLayer 2 - the middle layers: professional learning programs that offer packages or Layer 3 - the inner layers: professional learning that is about deep pedagogic change or shift, changes a teacher’s thinking.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander educators crucial and family/community - relationships and how does this translate into the classroom
Teachers’ perceptions of mathematics impact on what mathematics they teach and how they teach it
Teachers need to have a repertoire of teaching practices (RMP)
Teachers need to engage in ongoing professional learning in professional learning communities - BC&E is essential for developing pedagogy and through this teacher voice
Support and engagement from leadership and also leaders in maths ed for Indigenous students
uncomfortable
don’t want them to stand still - need to keep developing and contextualising them