2025 Workshop Talk | 1:04:54 | All Grade Levels, Academics & Curriculum, Training & Certification, Curriculum Overviews, Math
Summary
Would you rather teach students to “do math” or teach them to “think (and speak) mathematically”? Surely, in the context of CCE, we would choose the latter. Yet, much of our math instruction is procedural. This session will examine the underlying tenets of the Singapore approach and its alignment with the CCE tradition. We will move from philosophy to practice to show how math instruction based on the Singapore method trains students in the skills of the Trivium and related aspects of the Quadrivium, and we will consider keys to successful implementation.
Speaker
Ranya Bailey joined Wilson Hill Academy eight years ago and was delighted to teach across the spectrum in those early years, teaching The Great Conversation: Ancient Period and math in the lower school and chemistry in the upper school. Drawn initially to classical Christian education as a model for homeschooling, she was drawn to Wilson Hill Academy for its vision of classical Christian education that intentionally cultivated a strong education in the humanities and the maths and sciences. More recently, as one of the headmasters at Wilson Hill, she worked with the math department to review and renew the vision for math instruction in the lower school. This strengthened a longstanding commitment to a Singapore-based approach in grammar school math as a fitting component of a wonder-filled, Christ-centered education. Ranya grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, where her parents worked as marine biologists after emigrating from Egypt. She holds a BS in biology with a focus in biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetic research and a doctor of medicine degree with a residency in family medicine.
She left the practice of medicine when her first child was born. She and her husband now have five children and one grandchild. Before joining Wilson Hill, she taught in homeschool and homeschool co-op settings for 12 years. In addition to her role as the headmaster of the upper school, Ranya continues to teach AP Chemistry. Ranya is now living in Savannah, GA. She enjoys spending time with her family, reading, cooking, walking, cycling, kayaking, and watching international soccer tournaments and is nourishing a budding fan-hood for American football.
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The Association of Classical & Christian Schools presents Repairing the Ruins, the ACCS annual conference, copyright ACCS. You may make additional copies of this recording for use by your school but please do not sell any copies of the recording, or post it on the internet.
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