1st Edition

Improving Primary Mathematics Linking Home and School

92 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

96 Pages
by Routledge

Improving Primary Mathematics provides primary teachers with practical ideas about how to bring these two worlds closer to improve children’s mathematics learning. Using a number of fascinating case studies focusing on children’s experiences of mathematics both inside and outside the classroom, the book asks: How do children use mathematics in their everyday lives? How can... Read more

Selected Contents: Introduction  1. Why Link Home and School Learning?  2. Mathematics at School  3. Mathematics at Home  4. Mathematics Activities that take School to Home  5. Mathematics Activities that Bring Home into School  6. Home-School Knowledge Exchange: Benefits and Challenges  Appendix. The Home School Knowledge Exchange Project

Biography

Jan Winter is Senior Lecturer in Education (Mathematics) and PGCE Course Director, University of Bristol, UK.

Jane Andrews is Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education, University of the West of England, UK.

Pamela Greenhough is Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, UK.

Martin Hughes is Professor at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, UK.

Leida Salway is a primary school teacher in Cardiff and worked for three years as a teacher researcher on the Home School Knowledge Exchange Project.

Wan Ching Yee is Research Fellow at the Graduate School of Education, University of Bristol, UK.