Contributors: Colin Jackson, Cristina Mio, Azadeh Neman, Katie O’Brien, Hilary Povey, Pete Wright The reading group is for those wishing to engage with research literature on TMSJ and discuss its relevance to practice. The sixth online reading group meeting took place on 11th January 2024.  We chose to discuss the 2021 paper: Teacher noticing from a sociopolitical perspective: the FAIR framework for anti-deficit noticing by Nicole Louie, Aditya Adiredja and Naomi Jessup: Link to article in ‘ZDM Mathematics Education’ journal (volume 53, 2021, pp. 95–107) Link to pre-publication version ..read more

Contributors: Corinne Angier, Jane Goodland, Colin Jackson, Hilary Povey, Pete Wright The reading group is for those wishing to engage with research literature on TMSJ and discuss its relevance to practice. The fifth online reading group meeting took place on 15th November 2023. We chose to discuss the 2022 paper: Progressive pedagogies made visible: Implications for equitable mathematics teaching (open access). We began by breaking into smaller groups to discuss the following questions: – How would you describe the pedagogical strategies you use in the classroom? Do you consider them to be pr ..read more

Notes from the open meeting Thirteen members attended the open meeting to discuss the future direction of the network which was held on 5th July. In breakout groups, we discussed the results of the members’ survey (see summary below) before sharing ideas and considering actions for moving forward. Suggestions from the groups included: Continuing with events and formats that have already proved successful, e.g. reading groups (with format involving authors) and sharing practice. Organizing face-to-face events where possible (on a regional basis) whilst continuing with regular online meetings ..read more

Contributors: Ben Breen, Karen Brockway, Jane Goodland, Tazreen Kassim-Lowe The reading group is for those wishing to engage with research literature on TMSJ and discuss its relevance to practice. The fourth online reading group meeting took place on 20th April 2023. We chose to discuss Laurie Rubel and Andrea McCloskey’s 2021 paper: Contextualization of mathematics: which and whose world? If you can’t access the journal via a university library, you can download a pre-publication version here. We began by breaking into smaller groups to discuss the following questions: ~ How do teachers use r ..read more

Contributor: Joel Kelly (The Blue School, Isleworth, London) I came across Pete Wright’s work when studying for my Masters’ degree in Mathematics Education and subsequently joined the TMSJ Network. After one meeting, I spoke with Pete about doing some research around mathematics and social justice in the primary setting. As I work in a primary school myself, I suggested our school as well as another local school for the setting for the research. Pete, Caroline Hilton and I then began work with six teacher researchers with the aim of improving socio-mathematical agency for primary children. We ..read more

The Sharing practice in teaching maths for social justice workshop took place on Saturday 25th June 2022 at UCL Institute of Education in London. The 19 participants were treated to four excellent presentations, which highlighted the extent to which social justice is as much about how you teach mathematics as much as it is about what you teach. Each presentation stimulated group discussions which provided an opportunity to engage with and discuss ideas, teaching approaches, classroom resources and work in progress. The four presentations included: Minnie Gloor (St Michael’s Catholic School ..read more

Contributors: Sandra Beckford-Henry, Ben Breen, Alison Ford, Gwen Ineson, Ines Makonga, Cristina Mio, Lisa Pollard, Suchi Srinivas The reading group is for those wishing to engage with research literature on TMSJ and discuss its relevance to practice. The second reading group meeting took place via Zoom on 27th April 2022 and was attended by 26 members of the Teaching Maths for Social Justice Network. We chose to discuss Ole Skovsmose’s 2021 paper: A philosophy of critical mathematics education. We began by breaking into smaller groups to discuss the following questions: What is the author’s ..read more

Contributor: Graeme Austin (Luton Sixth Form College) The first face-to-face Association of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM) Conference since BCME ’19 gave us an opportunity to share and discuss our thinking about social justice in Maths teaching. Pete Wright and Graeme Austin ran a workshop on the first day of the event where Pete presented the network’s activities and Graeme gave attendees a taste of one of the discovery worksheets that a working group was focusing on in 2022. Attendees were treated like students and experienced first-hand the change in hierarchy and expectations of student age ..read more

The writing group is for those interested in designing, developing, trialling and disseminating teaching ideas and resources focused on teaching maths for social justice. The first writing group meeting took place at UCL Institute of Education on 22nd January 2022 and was attended by 14 members of the network. We identified three ideas to develop and divided ourselves into three ‘design groups’ to work on these ideas over the coming months. The plan is for each design group to meet online to refine their idea, pilot aspects with students and develop the idea into an activity ready to be triall ..read more

Contributors: Graeme Austin, Yasmine Fahmy, Alison Ford, Elizabeth Lake, Lilian Nyaranga, Fin McLaughlin, Lisa Pollard, Helen J Williams The reading group is for those wishing to engage with research literature on TMSJ and discuss its relevance to practice. The first reading group meeting took place via Zoom on 17th November 2021 and was attended by 28 members of the Teaching Maths for Social Justice Network. We chose to discuss the 2017 paper: The socio-politics of teacher explanation in mathematics education. We began by breaking into smaller groups to discuss the following questions: What ..read more