Nathan McLean
Seriously, what is math?
Recently I've been reflecting on a discussion about project-based learning and whether we should be attempting it in our classrooms ...
Nathan McLean
- Mar 6
- 2 min
The case against innovation
What's the deal with innovation in education?
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Nathan McLean
- Jul 22, 2021
- 1 min
Tangential musings of a pre-service teacher
I recently had a moment of revelation where I discovered just how much I'd already learned about teaching since starting my MTeach.
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Nathan McLean
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
Is heading back to uni a bit of a bludge?
Now that Semester 1 of my MTeach is finished, I thought I'd take a look at the data and see just how intense the workload was.
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Nathan McLean
- Jul 1, 2021
- 3 min
3 Before Me
When students send me questions are they simply outsourcing their homework to some dude willing to work it out for free?
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Nathan McLean
- Apr 16, 2021
- 1 min
Why Maths Must Change
Here are my thoughts on the joint statement recently issued about the proposed changes to the Australian maths curriculum.
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Nathan McLean
- Mar 18, 2021
- 1 min
How much coronavirus is there in the world right now?
Do you believe that all of the world's coronavirus particles could fit into a single can of Coke?
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Nathan McLean
- Mar 14, 2021
- 1 min
Math is not the enemy
To be a good math teacher, do you need to have been a good math student? What other assumptions do we have about maths? Are they correct?
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Nathan McLean
- Mar 5, 2021
- 1 min
What will I make as a teacher?
I've just survived the first week of my Masters of Teaching program, and one of the key lessons was learning what I would make as a teacher.
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Nathan McLean
- Feb 5, 2021
- 1 min
100 questions ... Tick, boom!
Earlier this week I clocked over my 100th question since starting Tick, Boom!
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Nathan McLean
- Dec 5, 2020
- 4 min
Victory!
This week I officially enrolled in the Master of Teaching program at Sydney Uni, despite the bureaucratic death loop I was faced with.
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Nathan McLean
- Nov 12, 2020
- 2 min
Why I started Tick, Boom!
What made me want to work out the answers to other people's math problems for free? Read on to find out ...
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