Creative Teaching: Mathematics in the Early Years and Primary Classroom

Creative Teaching is not only for the arts: this unique and stimulating book shows how mathematics and mathematics teaching can be creative, exciting and enjoyable. Offering teachers a dynamic and different perspective on mathematics, it enables them to see and teach in creative ways that will develop their pupil’s mathematical thinking potential. The book: supports the government’s Primary Strategy "Excellence and Enjoyment" covers both primary and early years range includes issues for reflection, discussion points and case studies addresses new teacher training modules on creativity and maths Aimed at primary and early years trainee teachers, NQTs and experienced teachers, this is a timely publication for teachers and schools seeking to broaden their maths curriculum, making it more creative and appealing to young minds.

'Creativity' has, though, been granted official recognition as one of the
overarching aims of the curriculum in English schools so this appears to leave a
dichotomy when thinking of mathematics. Children are seen to be creative when
they are ...