PRELIMINARY NOTICE

A special interest national conference, Years K–12

ADELAIDE, 14-16 October 2012

Venue

University of South Australia (City West campus), Adelaide

Keynote speaker

Russell Bishop, Professor of Maori Education, University of Waikato, New Zealand

Major theme: Culturally-responsive mathematics pedagogy

• Engaging Indigenous students in mathematics
• Accessing community ‘funds of knowledge’ and applying these to the teaching of Western mathematics and numeracy in the classroomEngaging parents and families in the teaching and learning of mathematics
• Whole school, evidence-based, sustainable practices
• How do professional learning communities help to improve learning outcomes
• Practitioner–researcher partnerships; partnerships between Indigenous education assistants (IEAs) and teachers

Aims of the conference

• Build a national picture of what is happening for Indigenous learners in mathematics and numeracy education (What has worked? What has not worked? What is missing? What have we learned?)
• Showcase the work of practitioners, Indigenous education assistants (IEAs), researchers, and school leaders
• Enable national sharing of current achievements and directions
• Bring together Indigenous education assistants, education assistants, teachers, academics/researchers, school leaders, project managers, curriculum developers and policy makers to share perspectives on issues and develop common understandings and views
• Use the invited input and all discussion as the basis for preparing a researchinformed, practice-driven framework of advice and directions for schools, researchers and educational authorities
• Further build networks of professionals committed to further sharing and collaboration through the framing of culturally-responsive mathematics pedagogy that improves the mathematics learning outcomes of Indigenous students

For more information

Contact Melinda Pearson (08 8363 0288; admin@aamt.edu.au)

convened by The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers