Secondary Mathematics Convention 2006

The annual Secondary Mathematics Convention will once again provide teachers with the opportunity to engage in quality professional development and to interact with a range of experienced Mathematics educators.

The Sunday sessions will be held at Scotch College in Swanbourne. Most of these sessions will involve interaction with computer technology and the sessions will be slightly longer than those on Monday and Tuesday. On Monday and Tuesday sessions will be held at the Esplanade Hotel Fremantle and a buffet lunch is included. A sundowner will be held after the sessions on Sunday and Monday. Please take advantage of this opportunity to network with other teachers, while partaking of a free beverage or two.

Cost

* non-member price

Institutional members are entitled to send a maximum of two participants each per day at the member price, additional participants pay the non-member price. All institutional members who register before November 6 will receive 2 places. Additional places will be allocated immediately after that date with those who registered early being allocated places first. (If we need to restrict numbers, preference will be given to MAWA members.)

How do I register?

Complete the registration form for all teachers from your school and post or fax it before 6 November 2006 to: MAWA PO Box 440 Mirrabooka WA 6941 or fax 9345 0488.

Confirmations

Confirmation of registration will be emailed to the school contact by 13 November.

Cancellations

If cancellations are received before 11 November you will receive a full refund. There will be no refunds for cancellations after this date or for non-attendance on the day

Keynote Speakers

Merrilyn Goos is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at The University of Queensland, where she co-ordinates pre-service and postgraduate courses in mathematics education. Previously she worked in industry as a food technologist and as a TAFE and secondary school teacher of mathematics, chemistry and food science. For the last fifteen years her research has investigated pedagogical practices that promote higher order thinking in mathematics classrooms and connect mathematics learning to real world contexts. She has individually or collaboratively authored more than 100 research and professional publications, and her research is well known in the national and international mathematics education research communities, both for its innovative theoretical approaches and its strong focus on classroom practice. In her spare time she follows cricket and plans one day to develop an entire secondary mathematics curriculum around applications arising from this most subtle and noble of pastimes.

Nancy Snow is a registered psychologist who works for the Department of Education & Training in Maitland, NSW as a District Guidance Officer supervising a team of counsellors and counselling in a high school and small primary schools. When Nancy attended high school, career choices were basically – nursing, teaching, hairdressing or a business college secretarial course – so she chose teaching. Initially a 2 year trained primary school teacher, she went on studying part-time and externally to obtain her degree and then her masters in psychology and went from teaching to school counselling. Nancy has presented at state, national and international conferences, at staff development days in government and non-government schools around the state and is in demand as an after-dinner speaker. Her passion is to help people through information & skills to lead more effective lives through a better understanding of why we behave the way we do.

Draft Program

Flyer, Draft Program & Registration Form (120kb)