EDUC. 475-4 AGNS FOR LEARNING:
Eleinentaryliool
Mathematics
SPRING, 1982
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INSTRUCTOR: A. J. (Sandy) Dawson
Office: MPX 8632
Phone: 291-3189
Thursday, 4:30 - 8:20 ?
LOCATION: on campus
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 workshop fashion with students expected to
become familiar with and confident in the use of a variety of
manipulative aids such as rods, logic blocks, geoboards, and
so on;
engage in discussion and formulate their own rationale as to
the how and why of teaching mathematics;
explore the realities of chirdren'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 prescribed curriculum, and be able to plan mathematical instruction
within a consistent framework.
OUTLINE OF TOPICS: The topics to be dealt with 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, relationship to language arts).
TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS: Students will be expected to
participate fully in classwork and discussions, and complete
homework assignments;
study their own strengths, weaknesses, and questions vis-a-vis
the teaching/learning of mathematics, and to keep a record--a
j
ournal--of this study;
prepare and teach a prototype lesson demonstrating their
facility in using and understanding of some manipulative aid
appropriate to mathematics instruction;
complete a term project developed in consultation with the
instructor.
ELIGIBILITY: Education 401/2 or equivalent.
TEXTBOOKS:
Trivett, John V.;
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. . AND SO ON: New Designs For Teaching
Mathematics, Deselig Enterprises Ltd.., Calgary, 1980
Dawson., A. J. (Sandy); CHILDREN TEACHING THEMSELVES MATHEMATICS.,
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, 1981.