Listen "Episode 7: Teaching Through Problems worth Solving with Alicia Burdess"
Episode Synopsis
Today we chat with Alicia Burdess about teaching through tasks & big beautiful problems worth solving. Alicia shares her math learning & education journey and all the learning she engages in to continue to bring joy and instill confidence of solving big beautiful problems and teaching through them with both students & adults. Having the goal that every child can learn math to the highest level and instilling that in students is a focus of Alicia's work.We chat about Alicia's book, The Dragon Curve, where we get a glimpse into the beauty of math and experience a big beautiful problem through a story that inspires the inner mathematician in all of us. She reflects on this process and her passion of creating learning opportunities that engage both students & adults as problem solvers.Alicia has served as the President of the Math Council of the Alberta Teachers' Association and currently sit on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' Publishing Committee. Alicia has a Master's Degree in Education from Simon Fraser University and am looking forward to one day pursuing a Ph.D. You will likely see Alicia presenting at math conferences, collaborating with teachers online and in person, and is always excited to talk about learning and loving math. Show Noteshttps://www.aliciaburdess.com/https://www.peterliljedahl.com/James Tanton Youtube VideosTeaching Through Problems worth Solving Book ( Inquiry-Based Curriculum-Linked, Differentiated Math Problems)Jo Boaler- YouCubedThe Dragon Curve, A Magical Math JourneyPainted Cube Task Pg. 10Moving Squares Task pg. 126Locker Task pg. 71Lisa Lunney Borden & Nat Banting- The Bucket of ZeroJulia Robinson Math Festivals
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