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Numeracy
Numeracy Network
Links

Numeracy

The term numeracy is commonly used nationally in at least two distinct ways:

• doing mathematics well
• dealing with the mathematics needed to do some other job well.

These two things overlap but are not the same, but both are important for our students.

"To be numerate is to use mathematics effectively to meet the general demands of life at home, in paid work, and for participation in community and civic life.

In school education, numeracy is a fundamental component of learning, discourse and critique across all areas of the curriculum. It involves the disposition to use, in context, a combination of:

• underpinning mathematical concepts and skills from across the discipline (numerical, spatial, graphical, statistical and algebraic)
• mathematical thinking and context
• general thinking skills, and
• grounded appreciation of context. "

Extract from: Numeracy = Everyone's Business p15

Numeracy Network

The Numeracy Network meets once each term and provides:

• an avenue for dissemination of information about numeracy
• an arena for identifying and sharing expertise across the system
• a forum for professional discussion amongst teachers.

Meetings are open to all teachers.

Past topics include:

• Computation: the Big Picture with Alistair McIntosh
• The Effective Use of Open-ended Questions
• Calculators in the Classroom
• Mathematics and Numeracy.....aren't they the same?

For more information please contact the Literacy and Numeracy Team on
(02) 6205 8291 or email.

Useful Links

• National Literacy and Numeracy Week
• Count Me In Too
• Counting On
• Australian Association of Maths Teachers (AAMT) provides access to information about events, activities and projects. There is also extensive information about resources and many links to excellent sites in Australia and overseas.
• Canberra Maths Association (CMA) provides access to information about events, activities and PD opportunities around Canberra.