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EDUCATION 475 - DESIGNS FOR LEARNING - MATHEMATICS

Instructor: ?

A.J. (Sandy) Dawson

Time:

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Thursdays - 16:30'

- 20:30 commencing January 10, 1974

Location:

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Faculty of Education Building

Textbooks:

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What We Owe Children -

C.

Gattegno

Games Children Play to Learn Mathematics - J. V. Trivett

FreedomtoLearn - J.W. MacLean &E.E. Biggs

Psychology of Mathematics - R. Skemp

(Students are advised not to purchase any textbooks until after

the first class meeting).

The course is designed for teachers and prospective teachers of elementary and

secondary school mathematics. The focus of the course will be on at least the follow-

ing:

- use and selection of material aids in the

teaching of mathematics.

- SUBTLE approaches to teaching mathematics

(SUBTLE staiis for the subordination of

teaching to learning).

- humanizing the teaching of mathematics by

utilizing the powers of children.

Each student will be expected to complete a term project and other such assignments as

are agreed upon among the participants.

Topic-wise an intensive and extensive study will be made of these among others:

- number concepts

- operations (algebraic and arithmetic)

- fractions

- geometry

- equations

- relations

For further information please contact Sandy Dawson at 291-3222 (office) or 929-1909 (home).