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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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EDUCATION 475-4
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Designs for Learning: Mathematics
Summer Intersession, 1989
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Instructor: ?
Sarah Joyce
Monday/Wednesday
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Phone: ?
291-4229
5:30 P. M. - 9:20 P. M.
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291-3395
Location: MPX 7500F
PREREQUISITE:
Educ. 401/402 or equivalent.
OBJECTIVES:
The course is designed for prospective and practising elementary schoolteachers 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;
- 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 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, what are
fractions, etc.), and from the vantage point of the role of mathematics in everyone's
learning of language and general growth (e.g., 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;
- study their own strengths, weaknesses, and questions vis-a-vis the teaching/learning
of mathematics;
- complete a term project developed in consultation with the instructor.
Grades will be assessed from: self-evaluation, instructor evaluation, written work and
participation in all suggested activities.
RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS:
Dawson, A.J. (Sandy). Children Teaching Themselves Mathematics. Vancouver:
S.F.U., 1981. (Available from Instructor)
Underhill, Bob. Teaching Elementary School Mathematics. Third Edition. Charles Merrill
Publishing Co., Columbus, Ohio
