ED4497 - Advanced Mathematics Education
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 1 |
| Administered by: | School of Education |
Building on preservice teachers' growing understandings of how children learn mathematics, this subject will explore mathematical and pedagogical issues at an advanced level in teaching and learning mathematics across the curriculum, including examining current national and state curriculum frameworks and policies in mathematics education. The subject aims to equip preservice teachers as reflective practitioners, to plan, implement and evaluate mathematical pedagogies that are informed by research and support contemporary approaches to children's learning.
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate sound pedagogical content knowledge for teaching early childhood and primary mathematics as stipulated in current curriculum frameworks;
- plan for the integration of mathematical learning across all curriculum areas, and address issues of access and equity in teaching mathematics;
- demonstrate confidence and skills in planning and assessing children's mathematical learning.
Graduate Qualities
- The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
- The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
- The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area.
| Prerequisites: | ED3488 AND (ED3093 OR ED3193) |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | ED4403 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Mary Klein |
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| Assessment: | to be advised (50%); to be advised (50%). |
| External, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Mary Klein |
| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | to be advised (50%); to be advised (50%). |
| Townsville, Limited, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Face to face teaching (Online tutorial attendance at RATEP site as per schedule to be advised) | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Mary Klein |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | to be advised (50%); to be advised (50%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Mary Klein |
| Contact hours: |
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| Assessment: | to be advised (50%); to be advised (50%). |
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.