This blog is born out of a blog post by Twitter's @mathsjem Resourceaholic point 8, about wishing there were more maths teachers blogging about A-Level. The whole Level 3 scene is getting a major shake up and I hope that my experiences over the next few years will be worth sharing.
I've taught A-Level Maths for over 6 years now, and I'm currently the Subject Leader for A2 Maths. I am also the first to trial the new Core Maths Level 3 Certificate qualification at my college, so I will hopefully be able to discuss changes from all sides.
I have not written a blog before as I have focused on my YouTube channel that I started over three and half years ago. It's taken a lot of time but it's been very rewarding for my teaching and my students' progress. My next big project is to create a playlist for the new specification for A-Level Maths for first teaching Sep 2017.
I said to myself that if I was going to do this, I would lay out some ground rules:
- My views are my own. The last thing I want is for this to ever be a place to rant, and I'll never aim to be controversial. Boring eh?
- From time to time I might discuss actual maths, but more to do with how I approach teaching certain topics. I'm not a big fan of puzzles, and even though I have a Master's Degree in Mathematics, I dislike Group Theory.
- I'm going to TRY to keep posts under 500 words. You don't have time to read anything longer and I don't have time to write them.
Comments and suggestions are more than welcome!
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