Trends and innovations in

teaching mathematics
ALPE KIM BEDOLIDO
Teacher I
 AGEN
DA
ISSUES IN MATHEMATICS TEACHING

INNOVATION STRATEGIES IN THE NEW

NORMAL

HOW TECHNOLOGY CAN FACILITATE

 G U E S S
T H I S L O G O
QU IZ IT
Issues in mathematics
teaching
 WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS WITH THE
TRADITIONAL WAY OF
TEACHING MATHEMATICS?
... the way math is traditionally
taught reinforces the idea that it's
innate talent
Many students disengage
from learning Mathematics...
Why?
STUDENTS' ATTITUDE AND
PERSONAL SKILL

S C H O OL EXPERIENCES

H O M E AND C O M M U N I T Y
SITUATION

LACK OF PERSONAL
TOUCH
 G U E S S
T H I S L O G O
Z OOM
 The Four Pillars Upon Which the Failure of Math Education
Rests
(and what to do with them)
The approach (not content) of math education is too abstract and
Pillar decontextualized
1
Math education conveys rituals and procedures but not
Pillar 2 understanding

Pillar 3 Metacognitive activity is absent in math education

Pillar 4 Sociolinguistic obstacles to success in mathematics

 M AT H d e m a n d s
creativity,
collaboration, and
discussion more
than memorization,
drills, and just
hurrying to get the
right answers.
INNOVATION STRATEGIES
IN THE NEW NORMAL
 INNOVATION
according to www.meriam-webster.com/dictionary/innovation
DEFINED
1. a new idea, method or device; novelty
2. intoduction of something new
 INNOVATION i n e d u c a t i o n

Innovation in education is about more

than new technology. It's about solving
real problems in a fresh, and simple way
to pr omote equity and impr ove lear ning.

source: UNICEF (n.d.) Strengthening education systems and innovation. Retrieved

06 December 2021 from https"//www.unicef.org/education/strengthening-
education-systems-innovation
 INNOVATION i n e d u c a t i o n

Innovation in education comes in many

forms. Programs, srevices, processes,
products and partnerships can all
enhance education outcomes in
innovative ways
source: UNICEF (n.d.) Strengthening education systems and innovation.
Retrieved
06 December 2021 from https"//www.unicef.org/education/strengthening-
education-systems-innovation
 INNOVATION i n e d u c a t i o n
Encourages teachers and students to explore,
research and use all the tools to uncover
something new. It involves a different way of
looking at problems and solving them. The
thinking process that goes into it will help
students develop their cr eativity and their
pr oblem- solving sk ills.
source: Northwest Missouri State University (2018) Why Innovation Absolutely Matters in
Education. Retrieved 06 December 2021 from https"//
www.online.nwmissouri.edu/articles/education/innovation-matters-in-education.aspx
 f o u r dimensions o f i n n o v a t i o n in
education
Dimension 1: What is the extent of the newness?
Dimension 2: Has the new ever been done before?
Dimension 3: Is the school itself new?
Dimension 4: Who initiates the new?

source: Esdal, L. (2018) Four Foundations of Innovation in Education. Education Week

https"//www.edweek.org/education/opinion-four-dimensions-of-innvoation-in-
education
 DIMENSION 1: W h a t is t h e ex t en t
of the newness?
TYPE Fundamental redesign means
A: adopting drastically different designs for
learning
TYPE
B: Incremental
making improvement
adjustments or tweaks atmeans
the
margins, without fundamentally
changing the design of school.
 DIMENSION 2: Ha s t h e n ew ev er
been done before?
TYPE Invention is creating new designs from
A: scratch. Innovation as invention means
"new anywhere"
TYPE Replication is the process of spreading
B: inventions, which were once uniquely new and
different to another school. Innovation as
replications means "new here"
 DIMENSION 3: Is t h e s c h o o l i t s e l f
new?
TYPE Creation means implementing a new design in
A: a totally new school or program.

TYPE Adoption is about converting or refining

B: design characteristics in an existing school or
program
DIMENS ION 4: w h o in it ia t es t h e
n ew ?

TYPE People at the working level create designs

A: based on the individual needs of the students
those designs will serve.
TYPE People in outside support roles who
B: either
recruit people to implement those new designs
or pass them on to people already working in
schools.
 INNOVATION IN
EDUCATION
INNOVATION in education is doing
things in a new way. To do
something differently requires
coming up with an approach,
product, or strategy.
- LARS ESDAL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
G U E S S T H E
L O G O
M E N T I M E T E R
HOW TECHNOLOGY
CAN FACILITATE
Adaptation of online
classrooms
Assessment and Feedbacking
via Google For ms and/or
Inst ant Test Result
Gamification
CREATION OF
APPS
 LET'S
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CREATION OF
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