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EDUCATION 475-4

DESIGNS FOR LEARNING

Elementary School Mathematics

Intersession 1985

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MPX 9511/12

INSTRUCTOR: Sarah Joyce

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Mon. & Wed. 5:30 - 9:20

OBJECTIVES: The course is designed for prospective and practising elementary

school teachers who wish to explore the fundamentals of the learning/teaching

process as it applies to mathematics. The course will be operated in a work-

shop fashion with students expected to:

become familiar with and confident in the use of a variety of manipulative

aids such as colored rods, logic blocks, geo-boards, and so on;

engage in discussion and formulate their own rationale as to the how and

why of teaching mathematics;

explore the realities of children's and adult's learning powers and patterns

by an examination of their own learning powers and patterns.

On completion of the course it is hoped that teachers will feel more at ease

with the subject of mathematics, be able to deal confidently with the pre-

scribed curriculum, and be able to plan mathematical instruction within a

consistent framework.

OUTLINE OF TOPICS: The topics to be dealt witJ are the usual contents of the

B.C. Curriculum which will be examined from a methodological perspective (how

do you teach multiplication, fractions etc.), from the viewpoint of mathematics

(what is multiplication, what are fractions etc.), and from the vantage point

of the role of mathematics in everyone's learning of language and general

growth (eg. integration of other subjects, relationships to language arts, and

so on).

TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS: Students will be expected to:

participate fully in classwork and discussions, and complete homework

assignments;

prepare and teach a prototype lesson demonstrating their facility in using

and understanding of some manipulative aid appropriate to mathematics

instruction;

design an activity "outside the classroom" which will give children first

hand experience that can be applied to math learning.

ELIGIBILITY: Education 40.1/2 or equivalent.