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Unit of Study EDUC3003 - Mathematics: Secondary Curriculum and Pedagogy II (2023)

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  • Enrolment information

    Students MUST have completed at least one (1) Professional Experience unit before enrolling in this unit. All students must have completed the curriculum and pedagogy II unit/s for their teaching area/s prior to their final professional placement.

Unit description

Introduces the mathematics syllabi for the preliminary and HSC Courses, and focuses on teaching strategies with special emphasis on lesson planning and assessment. Students will design lessons, assessments, resources and activities related to units from their subject syllabus. These designs will be informed by a range of teaching and learning priorities including critical, creative and connected inquiry-based learning, differentiation, disability and inclusion, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander cultures, digital technologies, literacy and numeracy.

Unit content

Module 1: Syllabus Knowledge

Module 2: Planning and Pedagogy

Module 3: Assessing Student Learning

Module 4: Critical Issues

Module 5: ICT

 Module 6: Knowledge of the Profession

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Online
Summer Term
Term3
N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

critically engage with a range of issues in teaching mathematics, and assess the appropriateness of resources (including ICT) that link to informed and effective teaching and learning across the mathematics Years 11-12 syllabuses and demonstrate and apply knowledge of syllabus cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities

prepare detailed, engaging, coherent and effective lessons plans and units of work that relate to selected content and learning outcomes in the mathematics Years 11-12 syllabuses that address theoretical and practical elements of a syllabus and that meet the diverse needs and cultural backgrounds of learners, and engage all students in active learning

demonstrate effective teaching and learning strategies, based on the NSW Quality Teaching Framework, PEEL and a range of other current pedagogical frameworks designed to encourage the development of knowledge, understanding, skills, and student engagement

discuss strategies to assess student achievement of learning outcomes, including assessment 'for' and 'of' learning, to recognise how learners use their current understanding to discover, develop and incorporate new skills, knowledge and understanding, and to report on the achievement of learning outcomes

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Goos, M, Stillman, G & Vale, C, 2007, Teaching secondary school mathematics: Research and practice for the 21st century, Allen & Unwin, Sydney, NSW.
  • NSW Board of Studies,, General mathematics Stage 6 syllabus, Author, Sydney, NSW.
  • NSW Board of Studies,, Mathematics 2/3 unit Years 11/12 syllabus, Author, Sydney, NSW.
  • NSW Board of Studies,, Mathematics 4 unit Year 12 syllabus, Author, Sydney, NSW.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Texts
  • Hine, G., Anderson, J., Reaburn, R., Cavanagh, M., Galligan, L., 2021, Teaching Secondary Mathematics, 2nd edn., Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom. ISBN: 9781108984683.
  • NSW Education Standards Authority, Mathematics 2/3 unit Years 11/12 syllabus, Author, Sydney, NSW.
  • NSW Education Standards Authority, Mathematics 4 unit Year 12 syllabus, Author, Sydney, NSW.
  • NSW Education Standards Authority,, General mathematics Stage 6 syllabus, Author, Sydney, NSW.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.