units

EDF1206

Faculty of Education

18 September 2017 25 April 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Education
OfferedBerwick Second semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Dr Sarah Hopkins

Synopsis

This unit is designed for students in the BEd(P-10) course. It develops knowledge, skills and attitudes about teaching and learning in primary and secondary school mathematics. There is a particular focus on learner's mathematical and numeracy development in number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability. Students explore how mathematical learning might be facilitated by the appropriate harnessing of ICT and calculators, and of affective and socio-cultural factors. Students are also introduced to the cognitive mechanisms that relate to learning disabilities, and to gifted/talented/precocious learning in various mathematical domains.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the unit, students should:

  • be able to provide a rationale for the inclusion of mathematics in the school curriculum,
  • be aware of all content areas outlined in the Australian Curriculum and associated documents,
  • identify key aspects in the development of mathematical and numeracy concepts and skills in a learner's experience across the school years from P to 10,
  • have developed an understanding of how effective learning of mathematics and numeracy can be further supported or impeded by affective and socio-cultural factors (eg socio-economic status, home language, gender, values, migrants, refugees, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders); and
  • understand the role of ICT and calculators in the school mathematics classroom.

Assessment

Task 1: Observation and analysis of an everyday mathematics/numeracy learning scenario for a learner (2000 words, 50%); and Task 2: Critique of how a chosen learning technology supports learners' construction of mathematical understanding and skills (2000 words, 50%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Sarah Hopkins

Contact hours

12 hours per week (equivalent)

Prohibitions

EDF1204, EDF1307