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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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Education 475-4
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Designs for Learning Mathematics (Secondary)
Summer Semester, 1990
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Instructor: ?
Sarah Joyce
Wednesday/Friday ?
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291-3395
8:30 - 12:30
OBJECTIVES:
The course is designed for prospective and practising teachers who wish to explore the
fundamentals of the teaching/learning process as it applies to secondar
y mathematics.
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 National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) has suggested:
Prospective teachers of mathematics at any level should know and understand
mathematics substantially beyond that which they may be expected to teach. They
should be able to relate that mathematics to the world of their pupils, to the natural
sciences, and to the social sciences. They should also be aware of the role of
mathematics in our culture.
The focus of Education 475-4 will be on relating mathematics to the world of the students.
The course will include investigations into the school curriculum, identification of
valuable topics "outside" the curriculum, demonstrations of varying approaches to
teaching specific topics, exposure to resources for remediation and enrichment, and
opportunities for students to round out their own mathematics background.
REQUIREMENTS:
Students may be expected to:
- participate fully in classwork and discussions
- make one or more class presentations
- submit an assignment related to mathematics education journals
- submit an assignment related to the B.C. curriculum and textbooks
- complete a project related to the history of mathematics
- complete an individual project
=REQUIRED:
Posamentier, A.S. & Stepelman, J. Teaching Secondar
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School Mathematics, Charles E.
Merrill, (1981)
