#24 Landscapes of Learning : An Interview With Cathy Fosnot

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May 13, 2019

Listen to an intriguing conversation with Cathy Fosnot, the Queen of Context for Learning Mathematics. She discusses generating problems, her online learning platform, math workshop, creating student mathematicians, and the difference between vertical and horizontal mathematizing. The hosts also explore the limitations of traditional textbooks and the benefits of problem-based tasks in the classroom.

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Introduction

00:00 • 2min

Taking Action for Math Program Growth and Introducing Cathy Fosnot

02:08 • 2min

Interview with Cathy Fosnot: Recent Math Education Projects and Units

04:19 • 3min

Reflections on Personal Experiences with Math Education

06:56 • 23min

Math Workshop: Fostering a Community of Mathematicians

30:23 • 25min

Process Expectations in Ontario Schools

55:21 • 15min

Using Problem-Based Tasks and Random Groupings in the Math Classroom

01:10:49 • 3min

On episode 24, we welcome the Queen of Context for Learning Mathematics, Cathy Fosnot! We are so excited for our Math Moment Maker Community to dig into this great episode with a Champion of Fuelling Sense Making in Math Class as she will share her mathematics journey - including some discriminatory barriers that she had to overcome along the way. Get “hooked” into an intriguing conversation with a game changer in mathematics education who is constantly helping the mathematics education community to mathematize VERTICALLY upwards, Cathy Fosnot.

You'll Learn:

Why we should help learners generate problems.
How Cathy’s online learning platform can held teachers help students.
What a math workshop looks like.
How to create student mathematicians.
What’s the difference between vertical mathematizing and horizontal mathematizing.
How to connect strategies to structures.

Show notes: https://makemathmoments.com/episode24

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