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DESIGNS
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EDUCATION
LEARNING:
475-4MATHEMATIC
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1P
Summer Semester, 1985
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INSTRUCTOR: Ken Harper
WEDNESDAYS, 5:30 -. 9:20
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LOCATION: ?
MPX 8651/52
OBJECTIVES: The course is designed for prospective and practicing 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, 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,
relationship to language arts).
TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Course requirements will vary according to particular instructors, but students
nay be expected to
- participate fully in classwork and discussions;
- keep a journal as a record of their work;
- make a class presentation;
- complete a term project;
- complete a written assignment on mathematics journals;
- complete a written assignment on the authorized B.C. school textbooks;
- take a final examination
ELIGIBILITY:
Education 401/2 or equivalent.
TEXTBOOKS:
Dawson, A.F. (Sandy). Children Teaching Themselves Mathematics. Vancouver:
S.F.U. , 1981 (Available from Instructor)