A Call to Transform Our Attitude ...

A Call to Transform Our Attitude Towards Maths

Digits and Destinies by Dr. Linda Banihashemi
S1 · E8
Aug 30, 2021
32:46

Episode notes

Spend 30 min to listen this fun and useful episode of Digits and Destinies in which our guest speaker Dr. George Papadopoulos talks about

  • Mathematics as a great subject for upskilling students
  • The way maths helps creating great job opportunities
  • Mathematics mindset (its benefits and drawbacks)
  • Disengagement as a major problem in Australian schools
  • This is the time to change Australian culture towards mathematics
  • Ongoing pandemic: insufficient mathematics foundation of students entering universities

About the speaker:

Mr. George Papadopoulos is Australian with Greek background. He completed, bachelor in advanced mathematics and master in Applied mathematics. In 2012 he started a Ph.D in mathematics education at the University of Sydney. He has great teaching experiences and has been teaching maths to children and university students for more than 10 years. He has a lot of stories related to maths, educations and his own journey to share with us.

Keywords

mathematics teachers
teaching mathematics