The Right Angle

Listen to host, Nicola Woodford-Smith talk chat with Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon about the huge success of the Stemettes to being the recent arithmetician on Countdown, as well as how teachers can encourage young people to explore more STEM inspired roles.

Follow Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon on @aimafidon.

In this episode, Dr Ems Lord and Nicola discuss how the NRICH outreach project continues to facilitate rich mathematical understanding along with how to answer those common student questions like, 'who invented algebra?' and 'what's the point in maths?'. Often these questions shape the perception of maths and so let's get making those conversations positive ones!

In this episode Mark Heslop talks with Charlie Stripp about his work leading the National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics and the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme, how they can support you and how you can get involved.

Nicola chats with Bobby Seagull about setting yourself up for a successful year ahead to avoid burning out too quickly. They also discuss how to use popular culture to promote maths education in a more positive way.

In this episode, Nicola and the inspirational maths education thought leader, Susan Okereke, open up conversations around tackling maths anxiety in the classroom, as well as discussing whether the current maths GCSE is fit for purpose.

In this episode Nicola talks to Katie King about the key issues relating to inspiring young people, particularly girls, onto STEM pathways. They also chat about Katie's work with NASA and her application to become the next female astronaut, her current PhD work into cancer treatment, and her experiences as a secondary school maths and science teacher. And if that isn't enough reason to listen, Katie has also worked with her mum, Carol Vorderman, on Pearson’s The Maths Factor. It is definitely not an episode that you want to miss!

In this episode Mark chats with Dr Jamie Frost about the history and the future of the Dr Frost Maths website and his Global Teacher Prize Covid Hero Award.

Dr Frost Maths: https://www.drfrostmaths.com/index.php

In our first episode, Nicola chats to award winning Nicola Whiston, Director of Maths at Ormiston Horizon Academy. They discuss how to engage learners from disadvantaged backgrounds as well as how to approach some lost learning due to the pandemic.