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- Boaler grew up outside of Birmingham, England. Her mother was a secretary, and her father was a technical draftsman. [ 10] Her mother attended Open University to study to become a teacher and in this way Boaler experienced "cutting-edge, play-based educational ideas of the day".
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Boaler grew up outside of Birmingham, England. Her mother was a secretary, and her father was a technical draftsman. [ 10 ] Her mother attended Open University to study to become a teacher and in this way Boaler experienced "cutting-edge, play-based educational ideas of the day".
Growing up in Birmingham England, Jo Boaler had good and bad mathematics learning experiences, both shaped her views and propelled her to become the most influential math educator in the world. Boaler taught math (or maths, as they’d say in the UK) in a diverse urban London secondary school after taking a degree from Liverpool.
Dr Jo Boaler is the Nomellini Olivier Professor of Education at Stanford University. Former roles have included being the Marie Curie Professor of Mathematics Education in England, and a maths teacher in London comprehensive schools. Her PhD won the national award for educational research in the UK.
She grew up outside Birmingham, England, in the 1970s — another progressive mathematics era. Neither of her parents had gone to university. Her father was a technical drawer; her mother was a secretary.
