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EDUCATION 475-4

DESIGNS FOR LEARNING

Elementary School Mathematics

Regular Semester 82-2

INSTRUCTOR: A J. (Sandy) Dawson

OFFICE: MPX 8632

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WHEN Wednesdays 530-9z3O

Fridays 830-1220

PHONE 291-3189

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WHERE: MPX 8620N

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 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 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, relationships to language arts, and so on)

TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS Students will be expected to:

participate fully in classwork and discussions, and complete

homework assignments;