The first Escape from the Textbook! conference was held on February 12th, 2011 at the Urban School of San Francisco. Watch the conference video here. Sponsoring OrganizationsCenter for Innovative Teaching (at the Urban School of San Francisco)Independent Curriculum Group Math for America (UC Berkeley) SpeakersDr Jo Boaler is a Professor of Mathematics Education at
Stanford University. Former roles have included being the Marie Curie Professor
of Mathematics Education at the University of Sussex, England, a mathematics
teacher in London comprehensive schools and a researcher at King’s College,
London. Her PhD won the national award for educational research in the UK and
her book: Experiencing School Mathematics
won the 'Outstanding Book of the Year' award for education in Britain. She is
an elected fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain), and a former
president of the International Organisation for Women and Mathematics Education
(IOWME). At Stanford University
she won an 'Early Career Award' from the National Science Foundation. Her
latest book What’s Math Got To Do With
It? (2008) published by Penguin, aims to increase public understanding of
the importance of mathematics, and the nature of effective teaching approaches. More information about Dr. Boaler. He has been involved with both competitive and extremely non-competitive math enrichment activities for high school and middle school students for most of his adult life. The recent achievements that he has been the most proud of are his book, The Art and Craft of Problem Solving (1998), the Bay Area Mathematical Olympiad (co-founded 1999), and the San Francisco Math Circle (co-founded 2005). |