Resources

• 5 ways forward Improving learning outcomes of Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander students in mathematics a collaboration between Community, education and business
• Keynote presentations videos

October 2020, Black Heroes of Mathematics Meeting. This playlist will host recordings from the Meeting. The meeting is supported by Institute of Mathematics and its applications (IMA), London Mathematical Society (LMS), British Society for the History of Mathematics.

A website highlighting the works of Indigenous Mathematicians including Native American Mathematicians and Pacific Islander Mathematicians, Native Hawaiian Mathematicians, and Chamorro Mathematicians.

The third article Mathematics education in North East Arnhem Land shares how mathematics is taught to students at Yirrkala School with a balance of western and Indigenous knowledge.

A blog is written by Caty Morris and Sue Thomas during a trip to the Kimberley

The resources developed by Make It Count will help schools working at the intersection of Indigenous education and mathematics education. Resources include tools for collecting data, units of learning designed by our creative and innovative educators, and professional reading.

The Orb is an online multimedia resource developed by The Department of Education Tasmania. The resource provides teachers with a wide range of materials to assist in the teaching of Tasmanian Aboriginal histories and cultures. It is an innovative approach to supporting teacher practice and is available globally online. The resource has three sections: Living Cultures, Layers of Time, and Connection to Place. It is a culturally responsive resource that reflects local values and knowledge.

• 5 x tip sheets were developed from the AAMT Special Interest Conference, Numeracy, mathematics and Indigenous learners in 2012.

• Presentations – ‘Value us Value our education Value our future’

• Papers – ‘Starting the Revolution’
• Presentations – ‘Starting the Revolution’
• The conference delegates worked through ideas for the development of an Indigenous mathematics curriculum. An outline of the emerging themes that will help form a basis for an Indigenous mathematics curriculum/pedagogy.

The second article Indigenous perspectives in maths: Understanding Gurruṯu takes a closer look at Yolŋu mathematics and the interconnected relationships of Gurruṯu.

The first article Indigenous perspectives in mathematics education, Chris explores the foundation of mathematics from an Indigenous perspective and discusses the concept of two-ways learning to achieve meaningful education outcomes for Indigenous students.

Prof. Chris Matthews

Changing our mindsets on how we see mathematics to enable children’s curiosity

Prof. Chris Matthews from Renee Hoareau

Connect with Maths – Quality Teaching and Learning for Indigenous Learners

This is a follow up interview with Prof. Chris Matthews after the Hanna Neumann Lecture at the AAMT-MERGA Conference in Alice Springs in 2011.

Prof. Chris Matthews presents the Hanna Neumann Memorial Lecture 2011 at the AAMT-MERGA Conference 2011.

Finding Terra Nullius – A Personal Journey in Mathematics Education

Prof. Chris Matthews’ keynote address (parts 1 & 2) Aboriginal Education Conference, Adelaide, August 2018.

Teaching Culture = Deep Mathematical Learning

Through a cultural lens, Prof. Chris unpacks the Goompi Model and explores different ways to teach mathematics based on creativity and self expression.

SBS News reports Adelaide Students Discover A New Way to Learn Maths. In one classroom, maths is being taught in a new and interesting way. See SBS News article here.

Prof. Chris Matthews delivers an online presentation for the Aboriginal STEM summit.

  Mathematics Through Kinship Systems

Access the presentation here.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO COUNTRY

Online Learning Series 2022 – Session 1 Introduction

Presenters – Prof. Chris Matthews and Dr Caty Morris
In this introductory session to ATSIMA’s 2022 Learning Series, Chris Matthews and Caty Morris introduce the new 90+ content elaborations in the revised Australian Curriculum: Mathematics that support the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures cross-curriculum priority. These elaborations tell narratives across the year levels and strands of the maths curriculum and are based on 9 rich First Nations Australian contexts. Through the elaborations, these cultural contexts provide a wealth of maths situations that connect to the mandatory part of the AC:M and offer valuable opportunities for educators to contextualise or localise learning.