For 20+ years I have worked to inspire teachers and children to love maths!

Experience
I am currently the strategic mathematics adviser for a group of schools in the UK and a part time freelance mathematics consultant. I have worked extensively in many schools, counties and countries with teachers (of all phases), teacher educators and researchers.

I am the current chair of the Primary ATM and MA group and a member of the Primary Contact Group for the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education (Royal Society). I am also a member of the KS2 Expert Panel with the Standards and Teaching Agency, the Early Childhood Mathematics Group, the British Society for Research into the Learning of Mathematics and a Governor of a local Infant school.

However, once a teacher, always a teacher!

What I offer
I present keynotes and workshops, support teachers and schools in whichever ways are most helpful and give advice when asked! I have written many articles, papers and support materials, and have published several books. I am based in the UK but work across the world.

Current areas of interests
Children’s Thinking and Reasoning
Primary STEM
Perceptions of, and Attitudes towards Mathematics

Supporting fluency through number sense and spatial thinking

Rich tasks and task design

Learning mathematics through problem solving

Recent publications
Reasons to Reason across Primary Maths and Science (Sage, 2018)
Curious Learners in Primary Maths, Science, Computing and DT (Sage, 2016)
Connecting Primary Maths and Science (Open University Press, 2016

Alison Borthwick
UK & International Mathematics/Education Adviser
alisonborthwick@me.com
@easternmaths
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