S1 E4 - Curiosity in the classroom with Alison Clark-Wilson

Digging for the Why

17-06-2022 • 46 mins

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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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.

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Andy - @desire2undrstnd/Bluesky
Alison - @AlisonHopperMEI

A talented young creative iingledew produced our intro/outro – check out his Soundcloud.

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