STATE CONFERENCE

Edith Cowan University, Bunbury.
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August 2008

Call for Registrations

The 28th annual State Conference (residential) will provide delegates an opportunity to;

• Hear about up-to-date initiatives in mathematics education
• Gain useful teaching strategies and ideas
• Engage in professional debate with like-minded colleagues
• Contribute to the profession by sharing ideas with others
• Mix with leading mathematics educators from WA and the Eastern States
• Make new contacts for on-going professional development and sharing

The MAWA Committee has reduced the cost of the registration from last year to make it easier for teachers to attend and gain the benefi ts of such superior quality professional development. To register please complete the form on the back of this flyer.

Keynote Speaker

Mike Camden works for Statistics New Zealand and has a passionate interest in how young people engage in and learn about chance and data. He believes that chance and data is a critical subject for children of all ages and particularly for making sense of things in an information-rich society of the future. A brief excerpt of his abstract is provided below.

School statistics for a challenging century
Chance and Data forms a very strong subset of West Australia’s Mathematics Courses. For this subset and the rest of the courses, ‘people who are mathematically able can contribute greatly towards dealing with many diffi cult issues facing the world today, such as health, sustainability, climate and justice’. However, the Chance and Data subset has some differences from the rest: It enables people to contribute in different ways, it is learnt in different ways, and we need to deliver it in different ways. The community needs to value it in different ways.

First Steps Modules For Primary Teachers

Primary teachers will be able to participate in a stream which focuses around the First Steps modules. This will involve approximately 8 hours of First Steps PD presented by a quality, accredited First Steps presenter. They will also be able to participate in the Friday evening session, the Keynote Address on Saturday morning and all of the informal aspects of the conference.

Accommodation

Accommodation is offered at The Lord Forrest Hotel and The Clifton Motel as an all inclusive package. Rooms are on a shared basis - double, twin or triple. For an additional fee, a number of single rooms are available on request. Rooms at The Lord Forrest will be allocated in order of receipt of the registration forms, with fi rst preference being given to 2008 individual MAWA members.

Refunds Policy: $30 cancellation fee up to 27 July: 50% refund from 28 July to 4 August and no refund after 4 August.

Flyer, Program & Registration Form (205k)

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