Undergraduate - UnitEDF4267 - Mathematics education 3 (P-10)

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Education
Offered	Not offered in 2013

Synopsis

This 6-point unit extends students' knowledge, skills and attitudes about teaching and learning in secondary schools in the learning area of mathematics. The focus will be on the effective teaching of the secondary school (up to grade 10) content strands of number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability, such that learners develop and sharpen their understanding, fluency, problem-solving and reasoning capacities. Students' pedagogical consideration of secondary school mathematics topics will be facilitated in relation to the use of graphics calculators and other learning technologies.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the unit, students should:

have developed techniques to plan for and manage the effective teaching of secondary school concepts and skills of the various content strands of number and algebra, measurement and geometry, and statistics and probability
be confident about planning and facilitating a range of mathematics/numeracy learning activities which develop and enhance student understanding, fluency, problem solving and reasoning
be able to understand the needs of diverse groups of students (including students with different abilities, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, refugee students, immigrant students, and minority students), consider the range of factors that can influence learning outcomes, and employ strategies to facilitate their learning
be able to harness ICT (eg interactive whiteboards, tablet PCs, web 2.0) and calculator (eg graphics calculators, CAS) learning technologies, as well as related software (eg Mathematica), in their teaching repertoire
be able to select and use a variety of assessment techniques to evaluate student learning in mathematics
be able to identify and discuss a range of pedagogical issues (eg student affect, the evaluation and improvement of teaching programs, professional learning) in secondary mathematics education, and to apply research skills to produce innovative responses.

Assessment

Task 1: Analysis of learners' difficulty with a chosen mathematical topic (2000 words, 50%); and Task 2: Evaluation of two teachers' mathematics pedagogical strategies (2000 words, 50%)

Contact hours

3 contact hours per week with a further minimum 9 hours of self-directed study per week.

Prerequisites

EDF1206 and EDF3212

Prohibitions

EDF4116