Availabilities:
Unit Summary
Pre-requisites
Unit aim
Focuses on current issues in the teaching and assessment of mathematics and numeracy in early childhood settings and primary classrooms. A particular emphasis is on developing differentiated strategies for numeracy teaching in diverse classrooms and the effective use of ICTs in mathematics education.
Unit content
Module 1: Unit overview; Diversity and differentiation; Pedagogies for Number and Algebra I
Module 2: Empowerment and Inclusion; Assessment practices for mathematics learning
Module 3: EAL/D and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students; Pedagogies for Number and Algebra II
Module 4: Students with disability; Pedagogies for Measurement and Geometry
Module 5: Gifted and Talented, and technology models; Pedagogies for Statistics and Probability
Module 6: Numeracy across the curriculum, STEM and Technology
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | analyse a wide range of current issues in teaching and learning mathematics and numeracy in early childhood and the primary school curriculum, and in assessing student performance in these areas |
| 2 | design differentiated teaching and learning strategies to meet the needs of diverse classrooms/early childhood settings and to empower learners across key transition points |
| 3 | design formative and summative assessment tasks with feedback, moderation and reporting |
| 4 | analyse contemporary approaches to addressing the needs of low attaining students in mathematics and numeracy |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- analyse a wide range of current issues in teaching and learning mathematics and numeracy in early childhood and the primary school curriculum, and in assessing student performance in these areas
- design differentiated teaching and learning strategies to meet the needs of diverse classrooms/early childhood settings and to empower learners across key transition points
- design formative and summative assessment tasks with feedback, moderation and reporting
- analyse contemporary approaches to addressing the needs of low attaining students in mathematics and numeracy
Prescribed texts
- No prescribed texts.
- No prescribed texts.