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Episode 4 - Curiosity in the classroom with Alison Clark-Wilson
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Hello and welcome to Digging for the why - the podcast for maths teachers of years 5-8 looking at continuity and why we need to dig for the why in our lessons.
In this episode, Alison and Andy are joined by a special guest, Alison Clark-Wilson. Together they discuss the following:
- Andy learns the meaning of enigmatic!
- Why is curiosity important?
- Do we encourage students to ask why?
- Can we build the right atmosphere in our classrooms?
- Creating a learning plate to have diverse lessons.
- Calculators as an investigative tool.
- A wall of unanswered questions - give value to student questions that are outside the curriculum.
- Are we giving space for curiosity?
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If you enjoyed this episode please help us reach more people by leaving us a (good and 5*!!) review :-)
You can find us on twitter:
Andy - @desire2undrstnd
Alison - @AlisonHopperMEI
Alison C-W - @AliClarkWilson
Our intro/outro was produced by a talented young creative - check out his Soundcloud.
If you enjoyed this episode please help us reach more people by leaving us a (good and 5*!!) review :-)
You can find us on twitter/alternatives:
Andy - Twitter/Bluesky
Alison - Twitter
Our intro/outro was produced by a talented young creative - check out his Soundcloud.
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