Launch M@SE blog
Today sees the launch of the M@SE blog. This blog aims to provide relevant and interesting information of mathematics education, research and practice.
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LifeLab Grant Award
Pupils from Southampton secondary schools will be able to discover how their diets and lifestyles lay the foundations for a healthier life … thanks to a grant awarded to Dr Kath Woods-Townsend and the LifeLab team from the University of Southampton’s Student Centeredness Fund. The award of £30,000 over three years will enable all Year 9 students (13-14…
Health day for trainee teachers
Setting Up a Health Day for Trainee Teachers: A guide for course leaders We are delighted to let you know that the above publication which we launched at the PSHE/PHE conference, Healthy and effective learners: The contribution of Initial Teacher Education is now available (click on the image or here to access the pdf file)….
New paper analyses more than 17,000 Ofsted documents
Dr Bokhove and Dr Sims have published a new paper in which they demonstrate how textmining techniques can give insight in thousands of Ofsted documents. The paper is here. Abstract: Many national education systems incorporate a central inspectorate tasked with visiting, evaluating and reporting on the performance of schools. The judgements produced by inspectors often…
Maths colleagues present on mastery
Maths colleagues, including MSHE member Ros Hyde presented their work at the last BSRLM day conference. Hyde, Rosalyn; Archer, Rosa; Bamber, Sally [PRESENTATION] Understandings and perceptions of mastery approaches to mathematics: The case of beginning secondary teachers This study reports on the perceptions and understanding of beginning teachers regarding mastery approaches to secondary mathematics teaching…
Science and Maths for All event
Last week, we had a Mathematics, Science and health Education Research Centre (MSHE) event for MSc students. During this event students were given the opportunity to engage in activities, discuss mathematics and science education research; and meet members of the Mathematics Science and Health Education (MSHE) Centre at Southampton Education School. The talks and activities included:…
Family composition and mathematics
Dr Christian Bokhove has published a new article “Country and school family composition’s effects on mathematics achievement” with Professor Gillian Hampden-Thompson from from the University of Sussex: Family structures are associated with achievement outcomes, but the percentage of children residing in different family structures has changed over time. In this paper, we revisit data from…