Dave Ryan is a Director at the Royal Bafokeng Institute in the North West province of South Africa. In this presentation he joined the Teacher Development group to talk about his work as a maths educator and teacher development practitioner.

1. Mathematics Focus Group
February 2014
Presented by: Dave Ryan

2. Dave Ryan
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2011 – 2014 IEB NSC Mathematics Internal Moderator
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2008 – 2011 IEB NSC Mathematics Internal Moderator
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2006 – 2007 IEB Matric Mathematics Internal Moderator
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2003 – 2005 IEB Matric Mathematics Portfolio Moderator
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2000 – 2002 IEB Matric Mathematics HG Paper 2 Examiner
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1997 – 1999 IEB Matric Mathematics HG Paper 1 Examiner
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Presently: Working for The Royal Bafokeng Institute
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Previously: Deputy Principal St Stithians Boys College
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HOD Mathematics St Stithians Boys College
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HOD Mathematics Hilton College
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College

3. Section 14
Public schools on private property
RBI/Education/Q0013 Growth curves

4. The education system is broken…
Matric Results 2013Copy of NSC2013 Subject stats.xlsx
RBI/Education/Q0013 Growth curves

5. The education system is broken…
• Stop the bleeding
RBI/Education/Q0013 Growth curves

6. The education system is broken…
One day a man planted a bamboo seedling. He cared deeply
for it, so each day he watered it and tended to it, always
making sure it had the proper sunlight to grow. After a
year's time, the man saw that the plant had not grown at
all, but he continued to water it, tend to it, and make sure it
was nourished by proper sunlight. Again, after the second
year the plant had not grown. He watered and tended it
through the third year and the fourth. Suddenly, as if by
magic, in the fifth it began growing. In fact, it grew two and
a half feet a day until in six weeks it was ninety feet tall.
RBI/Education/Q0013 Growth curves

7. Long term it is all about the teacher
and the journey towards optimal
classroom practice
RBI/Education/Q0013 Growth curves

8. We must recruit young, dedicated,
talented individuals into the teaching
profession…and mentor
them…Gordon is the future
RBI/Education/Q0013 Growth curves

9. Lesson study
RBI/Education/Q0013 Growth curves

10. Short term…get to the kids
RBI/Education/Q0013 Growth curves

11. Mathematics
Procedures
Application
Thinking
RBI/Education/Q0013 Growth curves

12. Mathematics
Procedures
Thinking
Application
RBI/Education/Q0013 Growth curves

13. Continuing
Professional Teacher
Development
(CPTD)
Teachers and Dave
reflect
Teachers plan a
lesson together
with or without
Dave
Lesson conducted
which Dave
videos.. Focus on
children’s learning
not the teaching

14. Collaboration with…
• Teachers…lesson study
• Schools…extra teachers…Charora…dedicated time for
CPTD
• DoBE…
• Business…people not buildings
• Universities…recruit the top of the pile into teaching,
not…a different model for teacher training
• Questions?
RBI/Education/Q0013 Growth curves

15. Boys 2-20
RBI/Education/Q0013 Growth curves

16. A Shayer model of Learning