Peter Lacey 🇺🇦
@ecarda1.bsky.social
Enthusiastic about educating but suspicious about schooling.
Interested and experienced in school and system governance.
Career spent investigating how mathematics teaching can best effect mathematics learning.
Interested and experienced in school and system governance.
Career spent investigating how mathematics teaching can best effect mathematics learning.
But here is a wonderful example of how assessment can enrich learning and teaching..
November 5, 2025 at 6:40 PM
But here is a wonderful example of how assessment can enrich learning and teaching..
And on the proposals for mathematics...
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
And on the proposals for mathematics...
Reminds me of the reflective prayer my Michel Quoist
Some time in the 1950s I think.
Some time in the 1950s I think.
October 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Reminds me of the reflective prayer my Michel Quoist
Some time in the 1950s I think.
Some time in the 1950s I think.
I started my training as a teacher 60 years ago this month. Piaget featured prominently in our "psychology of education" strand.
Looking at some of my writing of 1990, more recently republished, shows how much Piaget's theory continues to influence my thinking.
Looking at some of my writing of 1990, more recently republished, shows how much Piaget's theory continues to influence my thinking.
September 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I started my training as a teacher 60 years ago this month. Piaget featured prominently in our "psychology of education" strand.
Looking at some of my writing of 1990, more recently republished, shows how much Piaget's theory continues to influence my thinking.
Looking at some of my writing of 1990, more recently republished, shows how much Piaget's theory continues to influence my thinking.
A bit spoilt for choice on which Orwell quote to use here, but this came to me first..
August 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A bit spoilt for choice on which Orwell quote to use here, but this came to me first..
Ironic that St George and the flag is shared with Palestine.
August 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Ironic that St George and the flag is shared with Palestine.
In terms of destruction it probably has.
August 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
In terms of destruction it probably has.
Promoting community cohesion used to be a legal duty but no longer.
I think the previous administration regarded it a woke - and it couldn't be measured.
I think the previous administration regarded it a woke - and it couldn't be measured.
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Promoting community cohesion used to be a legal duty but no longer.
I think the previous administration regarded it a woke - and it couldn't be measured.
I think the previous administration regarded it a woke - and it couldn't be measured.
Some clues in this book, Zarah.
May 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Some clues in this book, Zarah.
I'm beginning to like ChatGPT.
In response to my earlier post on LinkedIn:
"mathematical fluency is the ease by which we can link mathematical objects"
it was quite complimentary!
Mind you, I've been saying this for decades.
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
#mathematics
#teaching
#mathslearning
In response to my earlier post on LinkedIn:
"mathematical fluency is the ease by which we can link mathematical objects"
it was quite complimentary!
Mind you, I've been saying this for decades.
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
#mathematics
#teaching
#mathslearning
May 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I'm beginning to like ChatGPT.
In response to my earlier post on LinkedIn:
"mathematical fluency is the ease by which we can link mathematical objects"
it was quite complimentary!
Mind you, I've been saying this for decades.
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
#mathematics
#teaching
#mathslearning
In response to my earlier post on LinkedIn:
"mathematical fluency is the ease by which we can link mathematical objects"
it was quite complimentary!
Mind you, I've been saying this for decades.
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
#mathematics
#teaching
#mathslearning
Article in today's @theobserveruk.bsky.social called "Tested to destruction" concludes with the quote below.
Some of us have been shouting about the imperative of investment in early childhood for many decades.
It's just so darned obvious.
Some of us have been shouting about the imperative of investment in early childhood for many decades.
It's just so darned obvious.
May 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Article in today's @theobserveruk.bsky.social called "Tested to destruction" concludes with the quote below.
Some of us have been shouting about the imperative of investment in early childhood for many decades.
It's just so darned obvious.
Some of us have been shouting about the imperative of investment in early childhood for many decades.
It's just so darned obvious.
Tables: parrot fashion.
We've got to two, twos are four.
Notice the technique of teacher encouragement.
We've got to two, twos are four.
Notice the technique of teacher encouragement.
May 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Tables: parrot fashion.
We've got to two, twos are four.
Notice the technique of teacher encouragement.
We've got to two, twos are four.
Notice the technique of teacher encouragement.
I find it helpful to separate the idea of memorising from remembering. Re-membering implies an earlier membering.
May 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I find it helpful to separate the idea of memorising from remembering. Re-membering implies an earlier membering.
This news from #BBC reminds me of @atmmathematics.bsky.social Easter conf session.
Shld curriculum be expressed as ingredients, ingredients & recipes or ready made meals?
The risks of ready made meals missing their essential nutrients & perhaps OK only in exceptional circumstances was discussed!
Shld curriculum be expressed as ingredients, ingredients & recipes or ready made meals?
The risks of ready made meals missing their essential nutrients & perhaps OK only in exceptional circumstances was discussed!
April 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This news from #BBC reminds me of @atmmathematics.bsky.social Easter conf session.
Shld curriculum be expressed as ingredients, ingredients & recipes or ready made meals?
The risks of ready made meals missing their essential nutrients & perhaps OK only in exceptional circumstances was discussed!
Shld curriculum be expressed as ingredients, ingredients & recipes or ready made meals?
The risks of ready made meals missing their essential nutrients & perhaps OK only in exceptional circumstances was discussed!
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
On the way home after conference. Thanks to the organisers. You made it happen. Gd to be with maths educators for ever pushing the boundaries of possibility to reveal & sustain the mathematician in all learners. Reflecting on Gattegno's 1st presidential address to ATAM
On the way home after conference. Thanks to the organisers. You made it happen. Gd to be with maths educators for ever pushing the boundaries of possibility to reveal & sustain the mathematician in all learners. Reflecting on Gattegno's 1st presidential address to ATAM
April 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
@atmmathematics.bsky.social
On the way home after conference. Thanks to the organisers. You made it happen. Gd to be with maths educators for ever pushing the boundaries of possibility to reveal & sustain the mathematician in all learners. Reflecting on Gattegno's 1st presidential address to ATAM
On the way home after conference. Thanks to the organisers. You made it happen. Gd to be with maths educators for ever pushing the boundaries of possibility to reveal & sustain the mathematician in all learners. Reflecting on Gattegno's 1st presidential address to ATAM
Meanwhile, down in the South of England......
March 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Meanwhile, down in the South of England......
Yes, and...
progression is neither simple nor linear. It's to do with the idiosyncratic connections each child makes when forming their expanding maps of understanding.
progression is neither simple nor linear. It's to do with the idiosyncratic connections each child makes when forming their expanding maps of understanding.
March 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Yes, and...
progression is neither simple nor linear. It's to do with the idiosyncratic connections each child makes when forming their expanding maps of understanding.
progression is neither simple nor linear. It's to do with the idiosyncratic connections each child makes when forming their expanding maps of understanding.
Does this BBC News clip suggest that the reporter Jeffrey Goldberg is a Trump supporter as he is said to hate those who are anti-Trump?
March 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Does this BBC News clip suggest that the reporter Jeffrey Goldberg is a Trump supporter as he is said to hate those who are anti-Trump?
Agree. Just read the book below. It moved me. I recommend it...
March 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Agree. Just read the book below. It moved me. I recommend it...
Second spoiler alert for my session at the upcoming conference.
futureproofingthecurriculum.org.uk
A curriculum should hint at direction of travel - progression if you will. But what do we mean by progression?
futureproofingthecurriculum.org.uk
A curriculum should hint at direction of travel - progression if you will. But what do we mean by progression?
March 17, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Second spoiler alert for my session at the upcoming conference.
futureproofingthecurriculum.org.uk
A curriculum should hint at direction of travel - progression if you will. But what do we mean by progression?
futureproofingthecurriculum.org.uk
A curriculum should hint at direction of travel - progression if you will. But what do we mean by progression?
12 days leave coming to an end. 3 books read. Recommend them all.
Spanish vocabulary slightly extended. Sudoku'd out.
Spanish vocabulary slightly extended. Sudoku'd out.
March 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
12 days leave coming to an end. 3 books read. Recommend them all.
Spanish vocabulary slightly extended. Sudoku'd out.
Spanish vocabulary slightly extended. Sudoku'd out.
You've heard of reservoir dogs. Here's the sequel: parallel dogs.
March 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You've heard of reservoir dogs. Here's the sequel: parallel dogs.