Exploring successful mathematics pedagogies for marginalised learners

Presented by Professor Robyn Jorgensen, The University of Canberra, Australia

This presentation presents case studies conducted in remote Indigenous Australian classrooms which have demonstrated successes in numeracy teaching and learning. The project has no presumptions about what is 'good' pedagogy but rather seeks to develop thick descriptions of the approaches being used at the 32+ cases across Australia. The contexts are very different but there are themes emerging from the cases that are suggesting that synergies exist that may be helpful in bringing about learning for some of the most socially, culturally and linguistically diverse learners. The implications of these findings are then applied to other contexts with disadvantaged or deprived learners. The presentation will allow for discussion as to how these findings impact on some of the schools in the UK where there are similar outcomes for learners and learning.

Robyn Jorgensen is Professor of Education: Equity and Pedagogy at the University of Canberra and is a visiting professor here at the University of Nottingham. She is currently the lead researcher on a number of large research projects. Her work has always focused on equity and more recently her work has centred on remote Indigenous learners who, in the Australian context, are the most likely to fail in school, and numeracy when their performance is measured on standard school measures.

Refreshments will be available.