EDX3280 Mathematics Curriculum and Pedagogy |Semester 1, 2012
Online Toowoomba| |Faculty or Section :||Faculty of Education|
|School or Department :||Education| |Version produced :||26 May
2013| Examiner: David Martin Moderator: David Jones Educators of
primary and middle school mathematics need both an understanding
of and an appreciation for the key mathematics concepts and
skills that are embodied in the mathematics curriculum.
Educators also need to be competent in planning for, and
responding to, the mathematical needs of individual children
within today's technologically rich learning environments. One
of the more effective ways to achieve this is to have educators
link their own understanding of mathematical concepts with their
emerging personal and practical theories of teaching
mathematics. Students will examine a variety of concepts from
each strand within the primary school and middle school
mathematics curriculum. Past and present practices will be
critically examined in the light of research find