ED2091:04
Teaching Mathematics to Young Children
Townsville, Cairns
Prerequisites: ED1491
Inadmissable Subject Combination: ED2011
26 lectures, 13 tutorials. First semester.
Compulsory for all undergraduate and graduate BEd programs in early childhood education.
Staff: Dr I Putt (Townsville campus); Dr M Klein (Cairns campus).
This subject has been designed to equip preservice teachers with the necessary knowledge and competencies to effectively and equitably teach mathematics to young children in the new millenium.
Learning Objectives:
- demonstrate an understanding of the learning processes used by young children of different socio-cultural backgrounds in learning mathematics;
- demonstrate an awareness of the content and characterisitics of developmentally appropriate and socially just mathematics curricula for young learners;
- evaluate various teaching methods, materials and media as they relate to young children’s learning, especially in pre-number and early number programs;
- explore ways of organising the learning environment to ensure effective learning and teaching;
- construct and articulate a personal philosophy regarding the teaching and learning of mathematics in the new millenium.
Assessment by:
Townsville
Critique of an article from a professional journal (15%); quiz on weekly workshop activities (20%); group seminar on planning learning experiences (15%); 2 hour examination (50%).
Cairns
Attendance and participation (20%); folio comprising critical evaluation of weekly teaching encounters (40%); examination (40%).
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