1_Introductions



Aim

The aim of this session is to introduce ourselves to each other and to the Mathematical Studies course.

Session Outline


 * // ‘Human Progressions’ //** - Short mathematical activity to help delegates meet each other and get the ball rolling.




 * // ‘Introductions’ //** – Taking a moment to introduce ourselves to each other at the start of the weekend and share our thoughts about teaching Maths Studies ahead of the weekends activities!

Group will be split into pairs and they will introduce each other. Each introduction should include the following,


 * Name and nationality,
 * Current place of work,
 * Background,
 * Maths Studies question
 * Something that inspires them about Mathematics


 * // ‘About Maths Studies’ //** – Time designed to familiarise ourselves with the Maths Studies course and its philosophy

Included in this guide


 * The IB learner Profile []
 * A guide to IB Maths Studies Documentation
 * All other resources related to this session can be found on the course wikispace

Additional resources required

Delegates may need the subject guide

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=Inspirations=

Dear Teacher, I am a survivor of a concentration camp. My eyes saw what no man should witness: Gas chambers built by learned engineers. Infants killed by trained nurses. Women and babies shot and burned by high school and college graduates. So, I am suspicious of education. My request is : Help your students become human. Your efforts must never produce learned monster, skilled psychopaths, educated Eichmanns. Reading, writing, and arithmetic are important only if the serve to make our children more human. — Author unknown; in Haim Ginott, //Teacher and Child//, cited in Bardige, 1988, p. 87.