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Ed. 475-4 Designs FOteat4Máthématics

Fall 1978

Monday

evenings, 4:30 - 8:20 p.m.

First meeting: ?

September 11, 1978

Place:

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AQ 5039

Instructor:

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Professor John V. Trivett.

This course is intended mainly for elementary and junior secondary

teachers of arithmetic/mathematics conducted in a way which is joyful,

practical and enduring.

It. aims at raising the quality of learning in classrooms which for

the children guarantees a much higher understanding and competence in the

subject than we have traditionally been led to expect; and for the the

teachers a more satisfying approach which better uses their energies and

professional dedication.

The contents outlined in the B.C. Curriculum guide and the Core

Curriculum guide are accepted in the spirit of "innovativeness" for the

teachers' methods, also urged officially by the Ministry of Education.

Recommendations from those guides as to the essential importance of

children 'doing mathematics', the use of 'physical materials and manipulative

aids' to act as entries to mathematical studies will be emphasized. Regard

will be taken of the needs of various age levels in this.

Meetings will be be held in an informal and relaxed climate, with

shared discussion and involvement. Wide reading will not be required though

a list of recommended books will be available. The instructor's new book

will be used as a source, details and copies of which will be given at the

first meeting:

And So On, A New Design For Learning The Teaching of Mathematics.

Participants will be .expected to use in their own classrooms what they

develop during Ed. 475 and.such will be the foundation for a required written

journal. This will include entries in diary form; records and perhaps examples

of children's written work;, short essays; the writer's own development of

creative mathematics, etc.

For further details please feel free to contact the Instructor, Professor

Trivett (291-3166 or 922-6683).

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