The Oxford International Curriculum is a new integrated curriculum, which places an emphasis on the enjoyment of teaching and learning, fostering wellbeing in education, and developing key global skills for learners’ future personal, career and academic success.
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I want to offer an example of a mathematical exploration which is likely to enrich learners’ appreciation of an apparently unrelated aspect of graphs of functions. Imagine the graph of . Is there a point on the curve at which the tangent passes through the origin? One thing that emerged when I used this with […]
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When this question arises, I have a habit of immediately replying “because it is absolutely essential in the oil industry.” Then I watch their face fall. I am convinced that rarely are learners actually asking where the topic of the ideas or the procedures are going to be useful, even when it comes out that […]
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Mathematical thinking can only take place in what I call a conjecturing atmosphere. This means that everything that is said is treated as a conjecture that may require modifying. If you disagree with someone you “invite them to modify their conjecture” or you ask how their conjecture applies to some example (which perhaps you think […]
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