`I certainly recommend the book to teachers and student-teachers looking for support with their planning, particularly in Key Stage 2, and to mathematics co-ordinators planning staff-development or looking for a basis for discussion in reviewing a scheme work′ - Mathematics Education Review
`Its references to The National Curriculum make the book an essential support for teachers in the United Kingdom′ - Teaching Children Mathematics
`Well worth students buying for all its coverage of all aspects of The National Curriculum, and the simplicity and comprehensiveness of its explanations′ - Mathematics Teaching
In a straightforward, practical and comprehensive way this book explains the concepts and processes of the mathematics taught in primary schools. Each chapter includes an explanation of some mathematical ideas, exercises for the reader to test their own understanding, and a summary of key points for teaching the material to children.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Primary Teachers’ Insecurity about Mathematics
Place Value
Mathematical Modelling Addition Structures
Addition Calculations
Subtraction Structures
Subtraction Calculations
Multiplication Structures
Multiplication Calculations
Division Structures
Division Calculations
Remainders and Rounding
Multiples, Factors and Primes
Squares, Cubes and Number Shapes
Integers
Positive and Negative
Fractions
Calculations with Decimals
Percentages
Handling Data
Averages
Probability
Algebra
Co-ordinates
Measurement
Angle
Transformations and Symmetry
Classifying Shapes
Perimeter and Area
Answers to Self-Assessment Questions
About the Author :
Derek Haylock is an education writer, with an extensive list of publications in the field of mathematics education. He worked for over 30 years in teacher education, both initial and in-service, and was Co-Director of Primary Initial Teacher Training and responsible for the mathematics components of the primary programmes at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich. He has considerable practical experience of teaching and researching in primary classrooms. His work in mathematics education has taken him to Germany, Belgium, Lesotho, Kenya, Brunei, India and Sweden. As well as his publications in the field of education, he has written seven books of Christian drama for young people and a Christmas musical (published by Church House/National Society). For 15 years after his time at UEA, he was in great demand as a consultant and professional speaker. His work as a writer continues.
Review :
`I certainly recommend the book to teachers and student-teachers looking for support with their planning, particularly in Key Stage 2, and to mathematics co-ordinators planning staff-development or looking for a basis for discussion in reviewing a scheme work′ - Mathematics Education Review
`Its references to The National Curriculum make the book an essential support for teachers in the United Kingdom′ - Teaching Children Mathematics
`Well worth students buying for all its coverage of all aspects of The National Curriculum, and the simplicity and comprehensiveness of its explanations′ - Mathematics Teaching
`Derek Haylock, the first great teacher of maths that i ever met.
This second edition has been brought bang up to date, covering all the maths primary teachers are required to know. Many offerings claim to do this, several bearing the imprimatur of the Teachers Training Agency. This one does not, beacuse, the author explains he has declined to submit it for the "approval" of government agencies.
But this is the one i would choose, because of it′s friendly and clear explanations. While always mathematically correct, it never feels "mathematical". The author never makes the reader feel inadequate, just as we would wish to treat children. I can think of no higher praise′ - Laurie Rousman for TES
