Alf Coles

mathematics education, teacher learning, global challenges

[Alf Coles @AlfColes]

I have started to re-create my old mathsfilms website, please check out the animated videos here! https://t.co/8MrD7waFVX
@NCETM @BSRLM_maths @TomFrancome
More to come!

[Alf Coles @AlfColes]

Latest edition of Mathematics Teaching is out now and open access: https://t.co/q8P1hsod4y

This is Tony Cotton’s last as editor - what an amazing job he has done. I have a piece on social justice and cognitive science. @ATMMathematics @SOEBristol @TLC_Bristol @FabAcademic

[Alf Coles @AlfColes]

I am probably late to this - not been posting for a while and now going to try Bluesky, still @AlfColes … see you there? @TLC_Bristol @SOEBristol @TFrancome @WebbMaths @ATMMathematics @booleanmathshub @NCETM

[Alf Coles @AlfColes]

New open access article, co-written with Nathalie Sinclair, re-looking at what it is to make a mathematical connection: https://t.co/zGozzg15jv @TLC_Bristol @SOEBristol @geometry4yl @TFrancome @ATMMathematics @annetterouleau

[Dr Laurie Jacques (she/her) @SmartJacques]

The findings from this paper were wonderfully presented @BSRLM_maths conference on Saturday. Worth a read whatever field you are in and thinking about the next REF (or not!) (but don’t tell @IOE_London @AlfColes @karen_skilling @MarkBoylanEd @rachelgmarks @beramathematics

[Matthew Inglis @mjinglis]

A new paper about education research in the UK. @colinfoster77, @HugoLortie, @LizStokoe and I analysed the journal articles that were submitted to the REF education subpanel in 2021 and 2014, and tried to predict unit-level peer review outcomes.

https://t.co/PPCRSIX5PR

[Alf Coles @AlfColes]

Article (with Armando Solares and Kate le Roux) on a socio-ecological approach to maths teaching & learning - now published with vol and issue number - read it open access here: https://t.co/kCiiwakWeP
@SOEBristol @TLC_Bristol @joboaler @ATMMathematics @GeorgeMonbiot @DrumJamie

[Alf Coles @AlfColes]

It was a privilege to be involved in this work - which has been generative of so much further thought and development - not least the 27th ICMI Study Conference mentioned here. @SOEBristol @TLC_Bristol @ATMMathematics @joboaler @royalsociety

[Alf Coles @AlfColes]

While I agree it is hard to design good resources (and applaud what LUMEN have done), I am nervous of the "writing scripts" analogy - I know some schools giving teachers scripts along with resources - a move I see as a worrying de-professionalisation ...

[Tom Francome @TFrancome]

@LboroDME’s LUMEN curriculum will hopefully be useful for new and more experienced maths teachers alike offering a free, editable starting point that teachers can then adapt to the needs of their learners, or prompting broader discussions around pedagogy.

[nora bateson @NoraBateson]

new piece
There, in that place of being alive, we are digitally unreachable. I am not afraid of technology. I am more concerned that you and I will abdicate our humanity, and our creaturely dignity.
https://t.co/J189g6knrq

[Alf Coles @AlfColes]

This is an important (and terrifying) story about the politicisation of research and the vilification and defamation of researchers because of what they research - I urge you to stand in support of Jo and her research ... @ATMMathematics @NCETM @SOEBristol

[Jo Boaler @joboaler]

For those seeing all the drama, the misinformation, & the attempts to discredit me, this is my interpretation of the events: https://t.co/E9DJDegqJ8

[Dr Laurie Jacques (she/her) @SmartJacques]

This will be a good read and an important contribution to maths education thinking for our current and future generations of young people. Thanks @AlfColes @BSRLM_maths @ATMMathematics @rachelgmarks @DrMajid_nasreen @DrEmsLord @royalsociety @thejmcuk @beramathematics

[BSRLM @BSRLM_maths]

The next BSRLM conference will be our Summer conference on the 7th and 8th June at Loughborough University. Please use this link to find out about registration and the call for session proposals. https://t.co/vfW47Bt4A2

[Alf Coles @AlfColes]

Just had some writing published, open access, in ESM: https://t.co/p4SZCTsmHB
... arguing for the importance of thinking about the socio-ecological state of the planet in our teaching ... @TFrancome @WebbMaths @ATMMathematics @ddmeyer @forestimaginatn @_TeachtheFuture @joboaler

[Pete Griffin @petegriffin7]

@AlfColes @CuisenaireCo @ATMMathematics @NCETM @helenjwc And what a great game that Goutard transformation game is - clip 15

[Pete Griffin @petegriffin7]

@AlfColes @CuisenaireCo @ATMMathematics @NCETM @helenjwc Lovely! Particularly like clip 6 when they notice the rule for equivalent fractions arising from the structures they understand. Rule making as opposed to rule following

[Helen Madeley @MadeleyHelen]

@helenjwc @PardoeMary @AlfColes @CuisenaireCo @ATMMathematics @NCETM It was through the NCETM, and Pete Griffin, that I originally became familiar with this set of videos. More here https://t.co/CxEiF1gKBZ

[Alf Coles @AlfColes]

@CuisenaireCo wonderful! @ATMMathematics @NCETM @CuisenaireCo @helenjwc

[Alf Coles @AlfColes]

I have posted 5 animated videos for maths teaching here: https://t.co/CnRCiyEPst, these cover Trig, Pythag, mystic roses and one on projective geometry (a personal interest). These used to be on a mathsfilms website, now defunct. @WebbMaths @TFrancome @ATMMathematics @geometry4yl