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September 2013
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Workshop 9: Use and Value Connections
Please note invitations have now been issued to all school principals for Workshop 9:
If you have not received this correspondence from the Project Maths office please
contact the Project Maths Administrator at 01 8576422 OR 01 8576428
immediately and another copy can be re-issued.
Workshop 9: Use and Value Connections will focus on:
The rationale and importance of recognising the same concept in different contexts.
This will address the connections within and between the syllabus strands.
This will enable a more integrated approach to be adopted in the teaching and learning
of Mathematics and will ensure greater continuity between junior cycle and senior cycle.
An Introduction to Nets
An Appreciation of the Trapezoidal Rule
Teaching and Learning Integral Calculus
GeoGebra Session
It is important for all teachers, including those not currently teaching Leaving Certificate, to
attend Workshop 9 so that a coherent approach can be adopted to the teaching and learning
of mathematics at all levels in the school.
Workshop 7: Functions (Repeat Sessions)
This workshop is being repeated in several Education Centres throughout the country.
If for any reason you were unable to attend Workshop 7,
you can now reserve a place by contacting the Project Maths Administrator on
01 8576422 OR 01 8576428.
Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
View venues & available dates | View content for workshop 7
Modular Course 4: Problem Solving & Financial Maths
This modular course is now being repeated in several Education Centres throughout the country.
The course will focus on new elements of the syllabus, methodology
and provide student centered activities.
The course will cover topics from Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate syllabus.
All attendance will be certified.
Modules (4 x 2.5 hours each)
1. Introduction to Problem Solving
2. Integrating Problem Solving throughout the syllabus
3. Financial Maths
4. Further exploration of Financial Maths & Geometric Sequences & Series.
Click to View, dates, venues and availability.
Update your details.
If you have changed schools or are intending to take up a new teaching position in a school in September 2013,
it is important to update your details with the administration staff of Project Maths.
This information will be used to contact you with the details of Workshop 9, which will commence in October 2013.
To update your details please contact the Project Maths Administrator, Phone 01 8576422 OR 01 8576428
Project Maths RDO Vacancy
PROJECT MATHS DEVELOPMENT TEAM (PMDT)
Please note that there is currently a secondment opportunity for a Regional Development Officer with the Project Maths Development Team for suitably qualified serving teachers who are fully registered with the Teaching Council and who currently hold a recognised post in a recognised second-level school or who are on secondment from such a position.
For full details please see below.
The closing date for applications is 5.00 pm Friday 20th September 2013.
Application form | Job description/General notes | Full advertisement
