World of workHow should we use mathematics tasks to connect to the WoW?

Tool WE-1: Connecting tasks to the world of work

Overview

Aim: to think about potential student learning in the context of a task set in the architecture industry.We will:• Watch a video• Do a modelling task• Predict student responses• Plan a lesson

Architecture video

Using the video:• Stimulus material?• Connecting to the world of

work?

Architecture video

• Is this a workplace context that your students are likely to recognise?

• How could you encourage them to think about mathematical questions that arise from the context?

• In which ways, and to what extent, does the video provide some careers guidance?

Students’ responses

• Explore the task;• How would your students

respond?• Make a note of your thoughts.

Students’ responses

• Share your thinking• How should you plan to implement

the task in your classroom?

Planning the lesson

• Develop a lesson plan ….• perhaps adapting this one.

Finishing off

• Devise a research question • Teach a lesson• Be ready to report back, with a

particular focus on what you learnt about the research question.