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”
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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”
Weaving together the threads of Indigenous knowledge and mathematics: Reflections from reading group meeting
Contributors: Cristina Mio, Manjinder K. Jagdev, Pete Wright, Hilary Povey The reading group is for those wishing to engage with research literature on TMSJ and discuss its relevance to practice. The eighth online reading group meeting took place on 4th December 2024. We chose to discuss the 2024 paper titled Weaving together the threads ofContinue reading “Weaving together the threads of Indigenous knowledge and mathematics: Reflections from reading group meeting”
Developing ‘deep mathematical thinking’ in geometry with 3- and 4-year-olds: Reflections from the seventh reading group meeting
Contributors: Pete Wright, Mari Chikvaidze, Cristina Mio, Gamze Inan, Kate O’Brien The reading group is for those wishing to engage with research literature on TMSJ and discuss its relevance to practice. The seventh online reading group meeting took place on 29th April 2024. We chose to discuss the 2022 paper titled “Developing ‘deep mathematical thinking’ in geometryContinue reading “Developing ‘deep mathematical thinking’ in geometry with 3- and 4-year-olds: Reflections from the seventh reading group meeting”
Teacher noticing from a sociopolitical perspective: Reflections from the sixth reading group meeting
Contributors: Colin Jackson, Cristina Mio, Azadeh Neman, Katie O’Brien, Hilary Povey, Pete Wright The reading group is for those wishing to engage with research literature on TMSJ and discuss its relevance to practice. The sixth online reading group meeting took place on 11th January 2024. We chose to discuss the 2021 paper: Teacher noticing fromContinue reading “Teacher noticing from a sociopolitical perspective: Reflections from the sixth reading group meeting”
Progressive pedagogies made visible: Reflections from the fifth reading group meeting
Contributors: Corinne Angier, Jane Goodland, Colin Jackson, Hilary Povey, Pete Wright The reading group is for those wishing to engage with research literature on TMSJ and discuss its relevance to practice. The fifth online reading group meeting took place on 15th November 2023. We chose to discuss the 2022 paper: Progressive pedagogies made visible: ImplicationsContinue reading “Progressive pedagogies made visible: Reflections from the fifth reading group meeting”
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”
Contextualization of mathematics: Reflections from the fourth reading group meeting
Contributors: Ben Breen, Karen Brockway, Jane Goodland, Tazreen Kassim-Lowe The reading group is for those wishing to engage with research literature on TMSJ and discuss its relevance to practice. The fourth online reading group meeting took place on 20th April 2023. We chose to discuss Laurie Rubel and Andrea McCloskey’s 2021 paper: Contextualization of mathematics:Continue reading “Contextualization of mathematics: Reflections from the fourth reading group meeting”
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”
Disordering mathematics: reflections from the third reading group meeting
Contributors: Sandra Beckford-Henry, Jane Goodland, Hilary Povey, Helen Thouless The reading group is for those wishing to engage with research literature on TMSJ and discuss its relevance to practice. The third online reading group meeting took place 15th November 2022. We chose to discuss Hilary Povey and Gill Adams’ 2021 paper: Disordering mathematics, citizenship andContinue reading “Disordering mathematics: reflections from the third reading group meeting”
The Teaching Maths for Social Justice Network 