critical reflection Archives - Pushing The Edge https://pushingtheedge.org/tags/critical-reflection/ Pushing The Edge for Critical Thinking in Education Fri, 12 Sep 2025 01:29:29 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://pushingtheedge.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cropped-PTE-512x512-32x32.png critical reflection Archives - Pushing The Edge https://pushingtheedge.org/tags/critical-reflection/ 32 32 Building Maths Stamina https://pushingtheedge.org/building-maths-stamina/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 04:58:00 +0000 https://pushingtheedge.org/?p=13639 Nearing the end of the school year, assessments are done, reports are done. It’s a time when you can capitalise on all that you have built with your students in your journey together.  This year something stood out to me about my students.  Students with different skill levels were persisting with quite challenging maths tasks. Even when their answers were wrong they would cheerfully head back to their group determined to solve the task, or at least get much closer to the answer.  I had underestimated them, thinking that after a few mistakes many would be furious and start doubting

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]]> I Do, We Do, You Do and Productive Struggle in Maths with Margarita Breed https://pushingtheedge.org/i-do-we-do-you-do-and-productive-struggle-in-maths/ Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:15:00 +0000 https://pushingtheedge.org/?p=13016 In Episode 56, critically unpacking the ‘I do, We do, You do’ teaching model in maths. Plus, why productive struggle is a must in our classrooms, and the value of Fraction Talks. Episode 56 CLICK PLAY to listen to Margarita Breed Episode Guest Margarita Breed is a Numeracy Consultant and former secondary school teacher in Victoria, Australia. She works with teachers in Victoria and South Australia. Quick Guide The Gradual Release of Responsibility model (aka – I do, We do, You do model) Transferring authority to students – listen to episode 55 Messy maths Challenging mathematical tasks The challenge of students’

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]]> Moments in Time 1 https://pushingtheedge.org/moments-in-time/ Fri, 25 Jun 2021 22:00:00 +0000 https://pushingtheedge.org/?p=12840 These are the moments in the classroom that really matter - that make our hearts soar and get us thinking big time.

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