This is another STEM Positive Disruptor - MIA conversation with special guest, Dr. Cara Morgan, Math's Tutor. She has a PhD, researching Otters.
She is a qualified Math's teacher, with over 19 years experience teaching Math's to ages 11-18 years old students in both Grammar and Comprehensive schools and a few years ago decided to go freelance and become a Math's tutor to anyone who is interested in learning Math's, She loves everything to do with Math's and is very compassionate towards those who want to learn and makes it possible for them to do just that. She is such a positive role model for Math's teachers.
This conversation really started a few weeks ago with Nicola Percy who came on to discuss an article that stated that a high percentage of girls age 11years plus do not feel confident learning Math's, if you need to hear that conversation, please check out our conversation @STEM.Positive.Disruptor
Fast-forward to this conversation, Cara Morgan was recently diagnosed as Neuro-Diverse and believes there many at school maybe Neuro-Diverse and may not be diagnosed and this could be why they are struggling with learning Math's, she takes us through her experience at school learning Math's, please listen to our conversation @STEM.Positive.Disruptor to hear more about her experience at school and why she feels so passionate about making Math's accessible to all.
I learnt a lot from our conversation and also solutions she provided
Couple of the things I learnt
1. When people are asked to name mathematicians that we know, it is always the male ones mentioned such as Newton etc., but did you know that Florence Nightingale apart from been the pioneer of modern nursing, she was a statistician, famous for usage of the polar area diagram, also called the Nightingale rose diagram, equivalent to a modern circular histogram (well I did not know that).
2. There was a 10 year study in Denmark where girls were told that they were brilliant at Math's and the result, more than halved the gender gap when they got to the degree level.
Some of her solutions that could make a difference in helping making math's more accessible
1. Math's should be delivered in a more collaborative way than competitive way in classroom, this allows students more time to be more creative and explore syllabus in depth...
2. Change the Math's school syllabus by having 2 system, GCES Math's and Core qualification in numeracy
3. Make class sizes smaller.
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