ATM Conferences
ATM has been involved in the business of the professional development of mathematics educators for over fifty years. The Easter Conference is the annual highlight of ATM’s programme of professional development events.
Conference 2009
Not been to a conference before?
“We are third year primary trainee teachers at the University of Northampton and felt compelled to write having just returned home bursting with enthusiasm from attending our first ATM conference...It will certainly feature regularly as part of our continuing professional development...”
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Past Annual Conferences
- Easter Conference 2008
- Easter Conference 2007
- Easter Conference 2006
- Easter Conference 2006 - Photo Gallery
- Easter Conference 2005 - Report
- Easter Conference 2005 - Photo Gallery
- Easter Conference 2004
- Easter Conference 2003 - Report
- Easter Conference 2002 - Report
- Easter Conference 2001 - Report
Day Conferences
- different sessions for primary and secondary teachers
- a wealth of practical ideas to motivate and challenge learners
- ideas for using ICT to teach mathematics
- the opportunity to share experiences and ideas with committed fellow professionals
- the opportunity for teachers to reflect on their practice
Opportunities
The ATM Easter Conference provides opportunities for delegates involved with mathematics education related to any age to:
- Share in successful practices
- Develop their own mathematics
- Tap into recent pedagogical and curriculum research
- Learn about international developments and practice
- Evaluate recently produced resources
- Find out about and experience the most recent ICT developments
- Join new research networks and projects
- Learn about the most recent developments in mathematics education
- Make new and renew contacts with mathematics educators
- Have fun
- Leave the conference re-energised and full of ideas
Is it a Conference or a Course?
In the sense that everyone meets to confer on the subject of mathematics education in a very wide sense - it is a conference. In the sense that the participants can choose from a wide selection of workshops and extend their knowledge and outlook - it is a course.
What is it Really Like, Though?
A teacher in their second year sent us this:
“I have personal experience of conference and offer the following anecdotes:
“Quiz Night • Don’t need to know anyone – just sit with a group and start...
“Music Night • Seeing people like Anne Watson on stage and thinking – why are some people born with so much talent. How dare she be able to teach and sing!
“Sessions • FULL of ideas, ideas and more ideas. Sitting with people for an hour and a half before you realise they wrote the last book you read.
“Lunchtime • People coming to sit next to you just to chat, finding out they wrote the last book you read! No top table...
“In other words, despite the fact that these people are at the ‘top’ of their profession there are no airs or graces, no big ‘I am’ - these are people willing to offer help and advice to anyone who asks for it. I recently posted on the ATM mailing list for a copy of Starting Points and received 5 replies. Including one from one of the authors! And then I was given a second copy at conference!”
Other things...
Conference 2008
Past Conferences
- Conference 2008
- Conference 2007
- Conference 2006
- Conference 2005
- Conference 2004
- Conference 2003
- Conference 2002
- Conference 2001
- Day Conferences
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