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Dave Baker

London Institute of Education

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

 

'What counts, who counts; developing understandings of numeracy teaching from international and cross cultural experiences'

 

Dave Baker's keynote will draw on his research over many years and in many countries, including parts of Africa. His findings have led him to argue that theoretical models  arising from viewing numeracy as social practice lead to a more inclusive and equitable approach to the teaching of mathematics. These models are more likely to allow a more nuanced understandings of relationships, contrasts and tensions between adults’ everyday numeracy practices and formal educational mathematics.  For the many teachers in Australia who are teaching numeracy to students from different cultures, Dave's workshops and presentations will provide useful insights into the issues for both teachers and students.

 

Dave Baker is based at the London Institute of Education in the UK where he is a Reader in Adult Numeracy and post-16 Mathematics. Dave is passionately interested in the issue of social justice and mathematics. His aim is to transform dominant practices in mathematics education by developing teaching models and policies based on understanding maths as social practice. He currently works with teachers in the UK, South Asia and Ethiopia, training them to use socially and culturally sensitive approaches to teaching numeracy. Dave's Keynote presentation and workshops at the Adults Learning Maths conference in Melbourne in 2005 were very popular and we are delighted to welcome him back to the ACAL conference in Perth.

Join us at the 2009 ACAL 32nd Annual Conference from Thursday 1st October – Saturday 3rd October 2009 to be held at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle, Western Australia

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