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The unique geological history of the Adirondacks can be found in a
pebble. So discovers humorist and outdoorsman Tim Rowland as he
chronicles the evolution of hiking in the howling wilderness of the
"High Peaks," From nineteenth-century guides random scoots to
Melville Dewey's "Adirondaks Loj" to today's technologically
enhanced weekenders, Rowland, who has climbed the forty-six
himself, incorporates personal anecdotes and laugh-out-loud wit to
capture the appeal and beauty of this beloved region, all the while
reminding us of the importance of keeping these stunning mountains,
and their attendant neat rocks, Forever Wild.
Shows how to use linguistic understanding to improve communication
of mathematics teaching
*Fresh and stimulating analysis of language in mathematics talk
Drawing on philosophy of language and recent linguistic theory,
Rowland surveys several approaches to classroom communication in
mathematics. Are students intimidated by the nature of mathematics
teaching? Many students appear fearful of voicing their
understanding - is fear of error part of the linguistics of
mathematics? The approaches explored here provide a rationale and a
method for exploring and understanding speakers' motives in
classroom mathematics talk. Teacher-student interactions in
mathematics are analyzed, and this provides a toolkit that teachers
can use to respond to the intellectual vulnerability of their
students.
The quality of primary and secondary school mathematics teaching is
generally agreed to depend crucially on the subject-related
knowledge of the teacher. However, there is increasing recognition
that effective teaching calls for distinctive forms of
subject-related knowledge and thinking. Thus, established ways of
conceptualizing, developing and assessing mathematical knowledge
for teaching may be less than adequate. These are important issues
for policy and practice because of longstanding difficulties in
recruiting teachers who are confident and conventionally
well-qualified in mathematics, and because of rising concern that
teaching of the subject has not adapted sufficiently. The issues to
be examined in Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching are of
considerable significance in addressing global aspirations to raise
standards of teaching and learning in mathematics by developing
more effective approaches to characterizing, assessing and
developing mathematical knowledge for teaching.
The quality of primary and secondary school mathematics teaching is
generally agreed to depend crucially on the subject-related
knowledge of the teacher. However, there is increasing recognition
that effective teaching calls for distinctive forms of
subject-related knowledge and thinking. Thus, established ways of
conceptualizing, developing and assessing mathematical knowledge
for teaching may be less than adequate. These are important issues
for policy and practice because of longstanding difficulties in
recruiting teachers who are confident and conventionally
well-qualified in mathematics, and because of rising concern that
teaching of the subject has not adapted sufficiently. The issues to
be examined in Mathematical Knowledge in Teaching are of
considerable significance in addressing global aspirations to raise
standards of teaching and learning in mathematics by developing
more effective approaches to characterizing, assessing and
developing mathematical knowledge for teaching.
Strange and Obscure Stories of Washington, DC is a collection of
wild but true tales about our nation's capital. Starting in the
early days of the republic and reaching into modern times, the book
recounts odd and humorous events that didn't make their way into
the history books. Along the way the book introduces a host of
memorable characters: Land speculators James Greenleaf and Robert
Morris, whose financial shenanigans almost took down the Federal
City before it was even established Civil War madam Mary Ann Hall,
who ran the city's most upstanding brothel and died with an estate
valued at $2 million The "Treasury Girls"-the first wave of female
workers, hired to cut individual bills from printed sheets of cash
(with scissors), who prompted a government investigation into
immoral behavior in the workplace The NSA's secret staff of African
Americans who went to work in code rooms after Harry Truman
desegregated the federal workforce The 1960s activist who drew
attention to a rat problem in poor neighborhoods by shuttling them
in his station wagon to the toniest parts of Georgetown Readers
will also find out how a hurricane saved the city in 1812, how a
demonstration of the world's largest naval gun nearly killed the
president, and about the tree at Washington Cathedral whose origins
trace back to the Holy Land at the time of Joseph of Arimathea.
With Strange and Obscure Stories of Washington, DC in hand, the
city will never seem the same again.
How can KS1/2 teachers improve their mathematics teaching? This
book helps readers to become better, more confident teachers of
mathematics by enabling them to focus critically on what they know
and what they do in the classroom. Building on their close
observation of primary mathematics classrooms, the authors provide
those starting out in the teaching profession with a four-stage
framework which acts as a tool of support for developing their
teaching: - making sense of foundation knowledge - focusing on what
teachers know about mathematics - transforming knowledge -
representing mathematics to learners through examples, analogies,
illustrations and demonstrations - connection - helping learners to
make sense of mathematics through understanding how ideas and
concepts are linked to each other - contingency - what to do when
the unexpected happens Each chapter includes practical activities,
lesson descriptions and extracts of classroom transcripts to help
teachers reflect on effective practice.
When Tim Rowland's earlier book of his animal essays, ALL PETS ARE
OFF, was published, readers immediately clamored for more. Their
preference for animal stories over the political columns Tim's also
known for is understandable: animals are way more fun to read about
than politicians. Especially now. So here's a new volume of over 75
columns, from the introduction to the farm of bovines Cleopatra and
Heifertiti, the Belted Galloway beauties, to the further antics of
Hannah the English Bulldog and Juliet the tiny Siamese---and of
course, more of the joyful bouvier des Flandres named Opie---that's
sure to provide loads of smiles and even outright guffaws.
MasterClass in Mathematics Education provides accessible links
between theory and practice and encourages readers to reflect on
their own understanding of their teaching context. Each chapter,
written by an internationally respected authority, explores the key
concepts within the selected area of the field, drawing directly on
published research to encourage readers to reflect on the content,
ideas and ongoing debates. Using international case studies, each
chapter will encourage readers to think about ways that the
teaching and learning of mathematics reflect different cultural
traditions and expectations and enable them to evaluate effective
strategies for their own contexts.
MasterClass in Mathematics Education provides accessible links
between theory and practice and encourages readers to reflect on
their own understanding of their teaching context. Each chapter,
written by an internationally respected authority, explores the key
concepts within the selected area of the field, drawing directly on
published research to encourage readers to reflect on the content,
ideas and ongoing debates. Using international case studies, each
chapter will encourage readers to think about ways that the
teaching and learning of mathematics reflect different cultural
traditions and expectations and enable them to evaluate effective
strategies for their own contexts.
How can KS1/2 teachers improve their mathematics teaching? This
book helps readers to become better, more confident teachers of
mathematics by enabling them to focus critically on what they know
and what they do in the classroom. Building on their close
observation of primary mathematics classrooms, the authors provide
those starting out in the teaching profession with a four-stage
framework which acts as a tool of support for developing their
teaching: - making sense of foundation knowledge - focusing on what
teachers know about mathematics - transforming knowledge -
representing mathematics to learners through examples, analogies,
illustrations and demonstrations - connection - helping learners to
make sense of mathematics through understanding how ideas and
concepts are linked to each other - contingency - what to do when
the unexpected happens Each chapter includes practical activities,
lesson descriptions and extracts of classroom transcripts to help
teachers reflect on effective practice.
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