- toys.
- brand: OUP Oxford.
- manufacturer: Oxford University Press UK.
Product Description
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This product contains 80 shapes - 10x 1-shapes, 10x 2-shapes,
10x 3-shapes, 10x 4-shapes, 10x 5-shapes, 10x 10-shapes, 5x
6-shapes, 5x 7-shapes, 5x 8-shapes, 5x 9-shapes. Not suitable for
children under 36 months due to small parts. Published On:
2023-04-18
About the Author
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After graduating in Education and Mathematics at the University
of London Institute of Education, Tony Wing taught for a number
of years as a primary school teacher and as a school subject
leader for mathematics. Always enjoying mathematics teaching in
particular, in 1974 he became a Lecturer in Mathematics and
Education at Brighton College of Education, speing in early
years mathematics, and there began to develop his approaches to
teacher training. He was promoted to Senior Lecturer in
Mathematics Education at Brighton Polytechnic (now the University
of Brighton) Faculty of Education in 1980, and began researching
for his PhD part-time at the University of Southampton School of
Education. In 1985 he became an active member of the Association
of Teachers of Mathematics (ATM), participating in several
working groups and being elected to the ATM General Council
(1987-91). He was co-founder, and chair of the Sussex branch of
ATM between 1994-8. Between 1987 and 1997 he also undertook a
variety of consultancy appointments and was external examiner for
primary mathematics education courses at both Brunel and
Nottingham Trent universities. His PhD (researching
representation in mathematics) was awarded in 1989. Between 1997
and 2005, he was instrumental in leading the University of
Brighton School of Education to the achievement of the highest
Ofsted grades for mathematics initial teacher training, thereby
gaining Brighton University national re as a 'Category
A' provider of ITT. Always keen to try out theoretical teaching
ideas first in classrooms, Tony was delighted in 1995 to be able
to begin developing in schools the teaching approaches that now
underlie the Numicon programme. Together with Romey Tacon he was
granted two consecutive Teacher Training Agency (now TDA) Teacher
Research awards to research and develop approaches to mental
arithmetic teaching in infant schools, and the tested outcomes of
this research now form the basis of the Numicon Foundation Kit,
and Numicon Kits 1 and 2. In 2006 Tony took early retirement from
the University of Brighton in order to devote his time more fully
to the further development of Numicon in practice. Romey Tacon
graduated in 1982, having studied Art in Education as her main
subject. She went on to teach in five schools and developed a
keen interest in teaching mathematics to young children, seeing
how children's fascination with patterns in creative work readily
connected with their fascination with patterns in mathematics.
During her teaching career at various times she was subject
leader for art, science, mathematics and was also a Special Needs
Co-ordinator for two years. Romey has always been committed to
teaching in ways that focus on the learner and has consistently
advocated a practical approach to teaching maths using structured
apparatus. Following her involvement in the TTA research project
into effectively teaching infants mental arithmetic, she became a
Leading Maths Teacher in East Sussex. For nine years she led a
successful infant school and nursery in East Sussex, the school
was rated by Ofsted to be very good in 1996 and again in 2007
when no key issues were identified. In 2000 through involvement
in a PFI project the school developed a Special Needs Facility on
an innovative in-reach/out-reach model which served children with
speech, language and communication difficulties from a cluster of
schools. Romey took early retirement from school in 2004 to
concentrate on her work with Numicon and to teach part time for a
year at Brighton University. She works principally on the further
development of Numicon teaching materials and Numicon
professional development. Jayne Campling graduated from Brighton
University (UK) in 1995 with first class honours. Her
dissertation initiated a keen interest in children's visual
concepts of maths, which led to involvement with the original
Numicon research project (1996-1999). Maintaining links with
Numicon, she became a Lead Maths Teacher. Further promotions to
Maths Subject Leader and Assistant Headteacher enabled her to
implement a multi-sensory approach to maths teaching across a
large primary school. A secondment to teach maths education at
Brighton University and continued Numicon consultancy work
inspired Jayne's involvement in the future development of the
Numicon Project, as Resource Development Leader. Ruth Atkinson
qualified as a teacher from Eastbourne College of Education in
1974. During her teaching career she has been a Special Needs
Support Teacher and also a Special Needs Co-ordinator. She has
always advocated a practical approach to maths teaching that
builds on what children already understand and she was Curriculum
Leader for Mathematics for ten years at an Infant school and
nursery in East Sussex, where she worked to achieve a coherent
and consistent approach to mathematics teaching throughout the
school. During the initial TTA Numicon research project into
effectively teaching infants mental arithmetic, Ruth was actively
involved in developing and testing the teaching activities.
Following the project she became a Leading Maths Teacher in East
Sussex. Ruth took early retirement in 2004 in order to
concentrate on developing the Numicon teaching materials and
training. She continues with work on Numicon and delivers
training for Local Authorities and for Numicon Professional
Development Consultants.
