ED2093 - Mathematics Education for Early Childhood
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Education |
Core subject for BEd (ECE)[30010B or 36110]. External offering available only to students enrolled in the ECE major.
This subject has been designed to equip preservice teachers with the necessary knowledge and competencies to effectively and equitably teach mathematics to early childhood (K-3) children in new times.
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate an awareness of the content and characteristics of developmentally appropriate and socially just mathematics curricula for young children;
- demonstrate an understanding of the learning processes used by young children of different socio-cultural backgrounds, in learning mathematics;
- explore ways of creating a learning environment for effective learning and teaching of mathematics for young children;
- construct, articulate and apply a personal philosophy regarding the teaching and learning of mathematics to young children in new times;
- evaluate various teaching methods, materials and media as they relate to young children's learning as stipulated in relevant national and state curriculum frameworks and policies.
| Prerequisites: | 6 credit points of level 1 ED subjects |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | ED2011 and ED2091 and ED2193 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Fiona Walls. |
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| Assessment: | exam or in-class test (50%); assessment task 1 (25%); assessment task 2 (25%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Mary Klein |
| Lecturer: | Ms Kerry Smith. |
| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | online test (50%); assessment task 1 (25%); assessment task 2 (25%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 25-Mar-2010 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Mary Klein. |
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| Assessment: | exam or in-class test (50%); assessment task 1 (25%); assessment task 2 (25%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.