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COURSE NUMBER: EDUC. 475-04
COURSE NAME: Designs for Learning:
Mathematics
SEMESTER: Spring 176
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION
Planning for learning; creating learning environments; developing
teaching strategies and materials.
COURSE INFORMATION
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Dates ?
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Time (s)
J.V. Trivett
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Jan.14-Apr. 7 ?
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4:30 - 8:20 p.m.
Range of Topics
The course is designed for teachers and prospective teachers of elementary
and junior secondary school mathematics. The focus of the course will
be on at least the following:
- use and selection of material and other aids in the teaching of
mathematics
- 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. Everyone
will be encouraged week by week to work with children using what
is being studied.
Topic-wise an intensive and extensive study will be made of these among
others:
- whole number concepts
- operations (algebraic and arithmetic)
- fractions, decimals, percentages
- relations
Recommended Reading
B.C. Curriculum Guides for Mathematics - Grades K-6
What We Owe Children - C. Gattegno
Freedom to Learn - Biggs and MacLean
Games Children Play for Learning Math - J.V. Trivett
Required Text
The Common Sense of Mathematics Teaching - C. Gattegno