Resources
Teaching Resources
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.
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.
5 x tip sheets to improving maths outcomes of Aboriginal studentsThese 5 x tip sheets were developed from the AAMT Special Interest Conference, Numeracy, mathematics, and Indigenous learners we ran in 2012 and can be downloaded from the Make it count website.
Interactive numeracies
Interactive Numeracies is full of Maths situations in everyday Indigenous family and community life.
A resource for year 3 to TAFE learners.
The seven problem-solving tasks are the tip of the iceberg – teachers can take the learning as deep as their students want to go. The Interactive Numeracies resource is full of numeracy situations translated to the mathematics classroom.
The seven tasks from the resource are Footy trip, $20 Round off, Chrissy combo, BBQ burnout, Pack a box, Maths Most, and Checkout Challenge.
The Handbook discusses topics such as: what is numeracy, a numerate student, contextual teaching strategies around family organization, shopping, and socializing.
Download Interactive Numeracies Handbook (PDF 3.97MB).
Professional learning relating to the resource is available along with all seven of the tasks.
A blog is written by Caty Morris and Sue Thomas during a trip to the Kimberley
A set of lessons based on Footy trip from the Interactive numeracies resource.
Conference Resources
ATSIMA Conference 2018
- 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.
ATSIMA Conference 2016
- Presentations - 'Value us Value our education Value our future'
ATSIMA Conference 2014
- 5 ways forward Improving learning outcomes of Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander students in mathematics a collaboration between Community, education and business
- Keynote presentations videos
AAMT Special Interest Conference 2012
- 5 x tip sheets were developed from the AAMT Special Interest Conference, Numeracy, mathematics and Indigenous learners in 2012.
Articles
Prof. Chris Matthews has been writing a series of articles for
the Teacher Magazine.
the Teacher Magazine.
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.
The second article Indigenous perspectives in maths: Understanding Gurruṯu takes a closer look at Yolŋu mathematics and the interconnected relationships of Gurruṯu.
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.
Videos
Chris defines what culture means to him and explains why it’s important to embrace different cultural perspectives in maths education.
As Chris explains, when you teach from different cultural perspectives, it allows you to ‘open up the classroom’ and encourage students to consider how their own cultural lenses affect how they approach mathematics. He also demonstrates the knock-on effects cultural influences can have on maths education.
Chris explains how understanding the role cultural bias plays within mathematics gives you an opportunity to teach maths differently. The aim is to help you incorporate the diverse strengths and learning styles of your students to make maths more relevant, which is ultimately what creates an effective maths classroom.
Chris explains The Goompi Model which supports the teaching and learning of mathematics for students while also supporting their cultural identity. It connects mathematics with culture.
Chris explores the connections between mathematics and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures.
Chris looks at the process of Maths as Storytelling.
Chris explores a way of transforming the teaching and learning of linear equations using The Goompi Model. This approach allows students to create their own growing patterns for a given linear equation.
Chris briefly explores the purpose of Aboriginal kinship systems and connects this to the teaching and learning of trigonometry.
Prof. Chris Matthews delivers an online presentation for the Aboriginal STEM summit.
Mathematics Through Kinship Systems
Access the presentation here.
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' 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.
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
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 from Renee Hoareau
Connect with Maths - Quality Teaching and Learning for Indigenous Learners
Media
"Our knowledge does connect to mathematics" : How the understanding of Cultural connectivity is being used to teach mathematics.
Other
A website highlighting the works of Indigenous Mathematicians including Native American Mathematicians and Pacific Islander Mathematicians, Native Hawaiian Mathematicians, and Chamorro Mathematicians.
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.
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