Episode description
Episode description
On the podcast today we speak with Norma Gordon on how you can create a less stressful math classroom through mindfulness. Norma has successfully transformed her classroom and helped numerous teachers embed mindfulness in their routines.
Stick around and you’ll hear Norma walk us through a mindfulness activity and share how to add mindfulness to your mathematics classroom, how to connect mindfulness to the math practice standards, why you need to use the Focus Five in your class; and how you can use Mathitations to help educators and students integrate mindfulness in their classes.
You’ll Learn:
- How to add mindfulness to your mathematics classroom;
- How to connect mindfulness to the math practice standards;
- Why you need to use the Focus Five in your class; and,
- How you can use Mathitations to help educators and students integrate mindfulness in their classes.
Resources:
UTDana Center/Insidemathematics.org
https://normabgordon.com/mindfulness-in-math
From Burnout to Brilliance: Creating Inclusive Learning Spaces [Workshop]
https://twitter.com/normabgordon
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