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MAV18 THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA 6-7 DECEMBER CONFERENCE SYNOPSIS 55th Annual Conference La Trobe University, Bundoora REGISTER NOW . mav.vic.edu.au/conference . #MAVCON mav.vic.edu.au 252_004 - MAV Conference brochure covers_A4_V6.1.indd 1 13/6/18 10:03 am CASIO fx-CP400 CAS Graphics Calculator FREE CLASSROOM & STUDY RESOURCES AVAILABLE C M Y CM MY CY WINDOWS & MAC CMY EMULATOR SOFTWARE K AVAILABLE INSPIRED BY AUSTRALIAN TEACHERS THE MATHEMATICAL FOR AUSTRALIAN STUDENTS ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA For more information please visit 2 www.casio.edu.shriro.com.au WELCOME TO MAV18 CONTENTS Welcome to MAV18 – PROGRAM Page 4 Our theme for this year’s conference is Teachers KEYNOTES Page 5 Creating Impact GENERAL INFO Page 11 REGISTRATION INFO Page 11 The Mathematical Association of Victoria ACCOMMODATION Page 12 invites you to the 55th SESSION SUMMARY Page 17 Annual Conference SESSION DETAILS Page 31 (MAV18) in Melbourne PRESENTERS from Thursday 6 – Friday 7 Page 109 December 2018 At the heart of MAV’s Annual Conference are teachers. Each year over 1400 mathematics educators including teachers, academics, policy makers, curriculum experts and SCHEDULE resource developers come together to share their collective expertise, experiences and ideas. That’s what makes our THURSDAY 6 DECEMBER 2018 conference great! 8am-8.50am Registration and expo open Learn from each other as we share best practice, new ideas 9am-10am Session A: Keynote and innovative approaches around how: presentations • sharing action research and evidence is improving 10.15am-10.50am Morning tea practice 11am-12pm Session B: workshops • technology can be used as a valuable tool to support 11am-1.20pm Session B-C: workshops teaching and learning 12.10pm-1.10pm Session C: workshops • critical and creative thinking can be embedded into the 1.10pm-2.20pm Lunch classroom 2.30pm-3.30pm Session D: workshops • networks and communities of practice can support 2.30pm-4.40pm Session D-E: workshops excellence and improvement. 3.40pm-4.40pm Session E: workshops 4.50pm-5.50pm Session EE: Happy hour and Don’t miss out on this invaluable opportunity at MAV18 to competition draw share and discuss excellence in maths while making social and professional connections in a dynamic environment. FRIDAY 7 DECEMBER 2018 8am-8.50am Registration and expo open - Ann Downton, Conference Convenor 9am-10am Session F: Keynote presentations 10.15am-10.50am Morning tea 11am-12pm Session G: workshops 11am-1.20pm Session G-H: workshops 12.10pm-1.10pm Session H: workshops 1.10pm-2.20pm Lunch 2.30pm Registration and exhibition close 2.30pm-3.30pm Session I: workshops 2.30pm-4.40pm Session I-J: workshops 3.40pm-4.40pm Session J: workshops THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA 3 PROGRAM THURSDAY 6 DECEMBER 2018 FRIDAY 7 DECEMBER 2018 8am-8.50am Registration and expo open 8am-8.50am Registration and expo open 9am-10am Session A: Keynote presentations 9am-10am Session F: Keynote presentations • A1: Leonie Anstey • F1: Amie Albrecht • A2: Robyn Jorgensen • F2: Alan Finkel AO • A3: Lynne McClure • F3: Tom Lowrie • A4: Rob Profitt-White • F4: Tracey Muir • A5: James Russo • F5: Matt Skoss • A6: Nicola Yelland • F6: Eddie Woo 10.15am-10.50am Morning tea 10.15am-10.50am Morning tea 11am-12pm Session B: workshops 11am-12pm Session G: workshops 11am-1.20pm Session B-C: workshops 11am-1.20pm Session G-H: workshops 12.10pm-1.10pm Session C: workshops 12.10pm-1.10pm Session H: workshops 1.10pm-2.20pm Lunch 1.10pm-2.20pm Lunch (competition draw at 2pm) 2.30pm-3.30pm Session D: workshops 2.30pm Registration and exhibition close 2.30pm 4.40pm Session D-E: workshops - 2.30pm-3.30pm Session I: workshops 3.40pm-4.40pm Session E: workshops 2.30pm-4.40pm Session I-J: workshops 4.50pm-5.50pm Session EE: Happy hour and competition draw 3.40pm-4.40pm Session J: workshops KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS In 2018 there will be six Keynote Presentations run at the beginning of each day. There will be a selection of keynote presentations each morning and you will need to choose one of these to attend. The keynote presentations will be listed online as Session A (Thursday) and Session F (Friday). EXTENDED SESSIONS There are four extended sessions, B-C, D-E, G-H and I-J. These sessions run over two one hour sessions plus the break in between (length will vary depending on presenter/topic). If you are attending an extended session, for example B-C, this would replace your choices for both sessions B and C. THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA 4 KEYNOTES THURSDAY 6 DECEMBER 2018 LEONIE ANSTEY ROBYN JORGENSEN EDUCATION CONSULTANT EMERITUS PROFESSOR UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA TEACHERS CREATING IMPACT BRINGING ABOUT SUCCESS IN MATHEMATICS FOR STUDENTS IN THE MARGINS: What are the skills and tools to develop teaching practices WHAT MAKES FOR GOOD enabling all students to make learning progress? This PRACTICE presentation will focus teacher questioning techniques within learning tasks. You will develop skills and knowledge that Robyn Jorgensen is an Emeritus Professor at the University of will allow the students in your classroom to be clear about Canberra. Previous to this she was a Professor of Education: what they must learn to make progress and how they can Equity and Pedagogy. Her work in mathematics education demonstrate how they have learnt it. has focused on equity and how practices can either contribute to, or change, the learning outcomes for students who have Leonie is an educational consultant in instructional leadership been traditionally marginalized or excluded from participating and mathematics, and numeracy education. She currently in mathematics. She has focused her research on low SES holds a Masters in Mathematics Education, based on communities, rural/regional communities; and Indigenous research of the skills and knowledge for mathematics teacher communities, most particularly communities located in coaching. Leonie was a Principal in South Gippsland for remote areas. She has recently completed a large national six years and has worked as a teacher/principal coach for study (ARC-funded) of successful numeracy practices in five years. Leonie’s teaching background includes senior remote Indigenous communities. She is well known for her secondary (mathematics/physics), primary and she has work in challenging the status quo in education and seeking supported pre-schools to implement challenging learning to disrupt practices that have been taken-for-granted as ‘the’ literacy/numeracy. way to teach mathematics. She has been the lead researcher in more that 13 large Australian Research Council Grants; In 2010, Leonie was presented with the prestigious Lindsay has served on numerous boards and advisory committees; Thompson Fellowship for her work in raising mathematics and been the editor of the Mathematics Education Research achievement for middle years students across a network of Journal and served on numerous editorial boards for schools. The fellowship focussed on instructional leadership international and national journals. at the school, district and country levels in America, Scandinavia and the United Kingdom. Leonie has presented at national and international conferences on mathematics, leadership and thinking. Topics have included professional learning teams, questioning, curriculum and leadership practices. THE MATHEMATICAL ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA 5 THURSDAY 6 DECEMBER 2018 LYNN MCCLURE ROB PROFITT-WHITE DIRECTOR PRINCIPAL EDUCATION CAMBRIDGE MATHEMATICS OFFICER AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM: WHAT GOES AROUND MATHEMATICS DOESN’T ALWAYS HAVE TO COME AROUND… O AND MATHEMATICS CAPABILITY CLUSTERS Whatever year you choose, you can usually find a country that is rethinking the maths curriculum. It may be as part of When teachers are given time to immerse themselves in the the regular planned reform which take place every so many right experiences, and school leaders are able to value, create years, like Japan. It may be because there is a dissatisfaction and sustain the right conditions, then research can make the with international league table positions, or maybe because right impact and transform the way mathematics is taught. the political situation has changed, heralding a different educational philosophy or pedagogy. Designers borrow from This cost neutral, state department project has evolved by countries they see as successful and to a large extent what identifying and remediating the problems of practice usually goes around comes around. associated with scaling up evidence based professional learning. Endorsements and national awards have further At Cambridge we are trying something different. We are strengthened the regional unity and urgency that investing in designing a tool which will allow policy makers, designers of teachers is the right thing to do. curriculum, resources, assessment and PD to benefit from the maths education research that has been done over the past ‘In my 25 years of experience it is rare to find such a large years, to embed the affordances of technology to expose –scale transfer of research knowledge into practice within students to ways of working that weren’t hitherto possible, and mathematics education’. to explore making that content relevant to the 21st Century. - Professor Merrilyn Goos, 2017. Come and see what we’re up to! The project utilises a cluster model that promotes collective efficacy and teacher ownership through bringing together Sponsored by primary and secondary school teachers and leaders. Participants have time to design, try out, validate and plan the implementation of instructional tools and diagnostic cycles. The collaborative leverage from 28 high schools and 44 primary schools, is refining and aligning the right words and actions for highly effective teaching. This extensive network allows collegial reflection of both their own practices and analysis of their own student’s thinking. ‘Your resources are the most practical and comprehensive set of supports for the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics that I have ever seen.