

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