Mathematics education 1
3 hours per week * First semester * Peninsula
This subject is a participatory one and thus requires regular attendance to enable a thorough understanding of each content area. The tasks of a primary school mathematics teacher are examined with emphasis on the junior primary level. An examination of the contribution educational theorists have made on mathematics teaching form an important basis upon which structured and unstructured aids are considered. The mathematics topics include a study of precounting, sorting and classifying activities suitable for junior primary school pupils and the development and structure of our number system including the number laws and axioms. The subject aims to develop the necessary skills related to the teaching of the processes of addition and subtraction and division. The measurement topics of time, money, spatial relations and visual representation are used as vehicles to develop teaching strategies for the junior primary school.
Assessment
Examinations: 80% * Class exercises: 20%