The Promoting Socially Just Mathematics Teaching (PSJMT) research project was a collaboration between 15 teacher educators (all members of the TMSJN) supported by a BERA Small Grant. The research team worked together to develop, trial and evaluate a series of professional development workshops (now freely available on the TMSJN website). The project also involved reflectingContinue reading “Promoting socially just mathematics teaching”
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Sharing practice in TMSJ online workshops
The TMSJN held a series of online workshops in June 2025. These workshops provided opportunities to engage with and discuss ideas, teaching approaches, classroom resources and work in progress. There were 7 presenters and 25 participants across the 3 workshops. Details of each workshop, including the workshop outline, a recording of the presentation, and theContinue reading “Sharing practice in TMSJ online workshops”
New professional development workshops
Teacher educator members of the TMSJ Network have been developing a series of ‘free to download’ professional development workshops available on the TMSJN website. Each workshop is designed for use with a group of teachers, either primary or secondary, student teachers or experienced teachers. There is a downloadable PowerPoint presentation and accompanying notes for facilitators.Continue reading “New professional development workshops”
Report from Teaching for Sustainable Futures – Secondary Maths Taster Day (1st July 2024)
Author: Suman Ghosh The purpose of the taster day was to introduce the Secondary Mathematics Module as part of UCL’s Sustainable Futures CPD module. The broader aims of the Teaching for Sustainable Futures programme are to support all teachers, no matter what subject and age group they teach, to embed issues related to climate changeContinue reading “Report from Teaching for Sustainable Futures – Secondary Maths Taster Day (1st July 2024)”
Future direction of TMSJN
Notes from the open meeting Thirteen members attended the open meeting to discuss the future direction of the network which was held on 5th July. In breakout groups, we discussed the results of the members’ survey (see summary below) before sharing ideas and considering actions for moving forward. Suggestions from the groups included: We haveContinue reading “Future direction of TMSJN”
Primary maths and social justice project
Contributor: Joel Kelly (The Blue School, Isleworth, London) I came across Pete Wright’s work when studying for my Masters’ degree in Mathematics Education and subsequently joined the TMSJ Network. After one meeting, I spoke with Pete about doing some research around mathematics and social justice in the primary setting. As I work in a primaryContinue reading “Primary maths and social justice project”
Sharing practice in TMSJ workshop
The Sharing practice in teaching maths for social justice workshop took place on Saturday 25th June 2022 at UCL Institute of Education in London. The 19 participants were treated to four excellent presentations, which highlighted the extent to which social justice is as much about how you teach mathematics as much as it is aboutContinue reading “Sharing practice in TMSJ workshop”
TMSJN workshop at ATM Conference (April 2022)
Contributor: Graeme Austin (Luton Sixth Form College) The first face-to-face Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) Conference since BCME ’19 gave us an opportunity to share and discuss our thinking about social justice in Maths teaching. Pete Wright and Graeme Austin ran a workshop on the first day of the event where Pete presented theContinue reading “TMSJN workshop at ATM Conference (April 2022)”
Notes from the TMSJN writing group meeting
The writing group is for those interested in designing, developing, trialling and disseminating teaching ideas and resources focused on teaching maths for social justice. The first writing group meeting took place at UCL Institute of Education on 22nd January 2022 and was attended by 14 members of the network. We identified three ideas to developContinue reading “Notes from the TMSJN writing group meeting”
Report from the TMSJN Introductory Event
The first meeting of the Teaching Maths for Social Justice Network was held via Zoom on 15th June 2021 and was attended by 60 members of the network. The meeting began with a short presentation by Pete Wright on ‘TMSJN: Current opportunities and challenges’ (a short video and the PowerPoint presentation are available on theContinue reading “Report from the TMSJN Introductory Event”
The Teaching Maths for Social Justice Network 