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

We chat with Dave Martin about Outcome Based Assessment and Teaching  & Learning Mathematics in High School.  Dave shares with us pieces of his journey on changing his assessment & instruction practices as a high school math teacher and how this impacted him &  his students.Dave Martin has a Master of Mathematics  Degree in Education, has been teaching for 16 years, during which time, he was nominated for Teacher of Excellence in Alberta, has spoken across North America, and has successfully removed most grades in most of his high school math courses. Dave has taught grades 6-12, was one of the division's Math/Science Lead teachers, a Vice Principal of two schools, and currently is a Post Secondary Instructor with Red Deer Polytechnic in the Faculty of Education Alfie Kohn: The Schools our Children DeserveJo Boaler: YoucubedAlicia BurdessNat BantingPam HarrisJordan RappaportSir Ken Robinson: Finding Your ElementCathy FosnotRobert KaplinskyDaniel Coyle : Culture Code

We talk with Maggie MacPhee, a Math Lover, Board Gamer, Tea Drinker and a secondary mathematics teacher here in Chignecto Central Centre for Education in Nova Scotia.  Maggie has joined us in our professional learning community book study on Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics last spring, and has had the opportunity to work alongside Lisa Lunney Borden as a teacher and a learner.  Maggie reflects on her teaching & learning mathematics journey, some of her notices and wonders as she navigates her way in this new year and dives into effective teaching practices that are impacting student achievement and well being. She talks about the importance of students seeing themselves as mathematical learners and effective teaching practices that she is implementing to help students learn mathematics through exploring  & solving contextual problems and learning through rich tasks.  She shares how she see's where students are at as they think and work through tasks and how this informs her next steps.Maggie shares pieces of advice to teachers to help shift their practice to more equitable teaching practices that allow all students opportunities to engage successfully and learn challenging mathematics. We reflect on the challenges we face from being so steeped in a traditional colonized version of education and the importance of presuming competence in our students.  We chat about our excitement of the upcoming NSMTA conference at the end of the month here in Nova Scotia and the NCTM conference that took place in Los Angeles and some of our Canadian math hero's involvedhttps://showmeyourmath.ca/https://aarms.math.ca/2018/07/12/connecting-math-to-our-lives-and-communities/http://natbanting.com/Nat Banting TwitterIncorporating Financial Literacy in Grade 9Where Do We Find Rich Tasks?https://nrich.maths.org/https://www.openmiddle.com/Task Choice Board (Nova Scotia Gnspes)National Council of Teachers of MathematicsVideo of world record on TwitterNSMTA October ConferenceMarie Batiste VideoMaggie MacPhee Twitter

In this episode, we chat with Dr. Lisa Lunney Borden about equity,  culture, & identity  in  mathematics.  We also dive into mathematical understanding through models & manipulatives while focusing on the importance of beginning with a verb based approach so that we are creating opportunities for all of our students to learn. Lisa is a local mathematics education hero, a professor of mathematics education at St. Francis Xavier University here in Nova Scotia & holds the John Jerome Paul Chair for Equity in Mathematics Education.   Lisa's experience of teaching grades 7 through 12 mathematics in a Mi'kmaw community has shaped how she thinks about teaching & learning mathematics. Lisa shares her story as a mathematics teacher & learner and her commitment to research & outreach that focuses on decolonizing mathematics education through culturally based practices and experiences that are rooted in Indigenous language and knowledge systems.  Show NotesFlorence Glanfield TwitterDawn Wiseman TwitterDavid Wagner WebsiteShow Me Your Math Websitehttp://showmeyourmath.ca/outreach/Connecting Math to our Lives & CommunityDianne's Quill Box on DesmosThree and a Hand VideoTraditional Nova Scotia QuillworkThe Bucket of Zero Verbification of MathematicsMathigon PolypadPolypad: Jumps ofPolypad: Rows of SquaresPolypad: Sets of Ten FramesPolypad: Lengths of RodsPolypad: Making RectanglesPolypad: Making SetsPolypad: Break the Train Polypad: 3-Digit Targetshttps://mathigon.org/tasksJohn Mason WebsiteGloria Ladson-BillingDanny Martin VideoMarie BattisteDwayne DonaldAdding to the Equation: Equity in Mathematics Resources 

In this episode, we talk to Ali Hayward, a grade 7 mathematics teacher in Nova Scotia who has been implementing the Building Thinking Classroom framework.  Ali gives us a glimpse of what this looks like & feels like in her classroom.  She shares her journey, highlighting her successes and learnings alongside her students. Ali emphasizes the importance of professional learning & collaboration locally and also globally with insights as to how they impact and support her teaching practice.  https://monamath.com/https://buildingthinkingclassrooms.com/14-practices/https://makemathmoments.com/

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONWho are we? In this introductory episode, we introduce ourselves and chat about how we came to decide that we would take the leap of faith by creating our very own podcast. We share a common passion for mathematics and want to invite you to learn alongside us as we all grow as math learners.SHOW NOTESMake Math Moments That Matter PodcastMath Before Breakfast PodcastBuild Math Minds The PodcastPODCAST DESCRIPTIONJoin us, Kirk Keating and Michelle McCarron, as we add to the equation to share with you what teaching and learning mathematics sounds like. With inspiration from our math hero’s, we are echoing some important messages about teaching and learning mathematics.  We want to invite you to learn alongside us in our math journey so that we can all grow as math learners. We interview some of our math hero's and take a deep and reflective dive towards creating the best learning environment possible for our students with lots of learning along the way. If you are interested in teaching and learning mathematics then this podcast is for you.

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONWhat is a hero? And why are they so important in our journey as math teachers and learners? In this episode, we talk about how some of our "math hero's" have inspired us to try new things in our classrooms and why we continue to look to them for motivation and direction as we work towards creating the best learning environment possible for our students.SHOW NOTESPeter LiljedahlBuilding Thinking ClassroomsPODCAST DESCRIPTIONJoin us, Kirk Keating and Michelle McCarron, as we add to the equation to share with you what teaching and learning mathematics sounds like. With inspiration from our math hero’s, we are echoing some important messages about teaching and learning mathematics.  We want to invite you to learn alongside us in our math journey so that we can all grow as math learners. We interview some of our math hero's and take a deep and reflective dive towards creating the best learning environment possible for our students with lots of learning along the way. If you are interested in teaching and learning mathematics then this podcast is for you.

EPISODE DESCRIPTIONGo big or stay home! This is definitely true for us as we hosted our very first guest, none other than Dr. Peter Liljedahl, author of Building Thinking Classrooms. We talk to Peter about his research on Building Thinking Classrooms and how this framework transforms learning environments.  Peter describes what a Thinking Classroom looks like and sounds like and the impact these research-based practices have on students. SHOW NOTESBuilding Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics BookBuilding Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics WebsitePeter Liljedahl Twitter#ThinkingclassroomLisa Lunney Borden TwitterJo Boaler TwitterDan Meyer TwitterJon Orr Twitter Kyle Pearce TwitterNat Banting TwitterAlex Overwijk TwitterWill Dunn TwitterJaime De Pippo TwitterAlicia Burdess TwitterJimmy Pai TwitterSara VanDerWerf TwitterJordan Rappaport TwitterLaura Wheeler TwitterDave Martin TwitterPODCAST DESCRIPTIONJoin us, Kirk Keating and Michelle McCarron, as we add to the equation to share with you what teaching and learning mathematics sounds like. With inspiration from our math hero’s, we are echoing some important messages about teaching and learning mathematics.  We want to invite you to learn alongside us in our math journey so that we can all grow as math learners. We interview some of our math hero's and take a deep and reflective dive towards creating the best learning environment possible for our students with lots of learning along the way. If you are interested in teaching and learning mathematics then this podcast is for you.