Courses & Units

Teaching Primary Mathematics 1 EMT521

Introduction

This unit introduces students to pedagogies appropriate for teaching primary mathematics and contributes to your evidence for meeting Graduate Teaching Standards. The unit will model and provide opportunities for students to engage with rich tasks, group work, problem solving, and differentiating the curriculum using examples from the number domain of the Australian Curriculum. Students will develop their understanding of appropriate pedagogies for teaching mathematics and their knowledge of relevant curricula, the development of students' thinking in number, and the relationship of content knowledge to pedagogy. It will provide pre-service teachers with opportunities to deepen their own mathematical content knowledge within the domain of number, assess primary students' mathematical thinking using work samples and to evaluate teaching resources.

Summary

Unit name Teaching Primary Mathematics 1
Unit code EMT521
Credit points 12.5
College/School College of Arts, Law and Education
Faculty of Education
Discipline Education
Coordinator Associate Professor Helen Chick
Delivered By University of Tasmania
Level Postgraduate

Availability

Location Study period Attendance options Available to
Hobart Semester 1 On-Campus International Domestic
Online Semester 1 Off-Campus International Domestic

Key

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Off-Campus
International students
Domestic students
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Key Dates

Study Period Start date Census date WW date End date
Semester 1 26/2/2024 22/3/2024 15/4/2024 2/6/2024

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Learning Outcomes

  • articulate an understanding of mathematical knowledge and skills appropriate for primary teaching and communicate these in a scholarly and appropriate manner
  • identify appropriate pedagogies for teaching and assessing mathematics, and apply these to practice
  • plan for, and justify, appropriate mathematical teaching experiences in the domain of number that incorporate appropriate pedagogical principles
  • evaluate and assess students mathematical thinking through analysing student work in the domain of number and justify the teaching approach taken as a result of this analysis

Fee Information

Field of Education Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 Domestic Full Fee 4
070103 $555.00 $555.00 not applicable $2,324.00

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Requisites

Concurrent Prerequisites

EMT502

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

On Campus:
Weekly online lecture (1 hour), Weekly face-to-face tutorial (2 hours), independent learning (6 hours) 

Off Campus: 
Weekly online lecture (1 hour), Weekly online webinar (2 hours), independent learning (6 hours)
 

AssessmentRich Mathematical Task (20%)|Exam (30%)|Assignment (50%)
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Textbooks

Required

Van de Walle, J., Karp, K., Bay-Williams, J., & Bass, A. (2019). Primary and middle years mathematics (1st Australian edition). Melbourne, Vic: Pearson. (Revel or hard copy version)

 

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Recommended

Boaler, J. (2016). Mathematical mindsets. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Bobis, J., Mulligan, J., & Lowrie, T. (2009). Mathematics for children: Challenging children to think mathematically (3rd ed.). Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson.
Cotton, T. (2010). Understanding and teaching primary mathematics. Harlow, UK: Pearson Education Limited.
Haylock, D. (2007). Mathematics explained for primary teachers (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Haylock, D., & Cockburn, A. D. (2008). Understanding mathematics for young children. London: Sage.
McIntosh, A., & Dole, S. (2004). Mental computation: A strategies approach. Hobart: Department of Education.
Serow, P., Callingham, R., & Muir, T. (2019). Primary mathematics: Integrating theory with practice (3rd ed.). Port Melbourne, Vic: Cambridge.
Siemon, D., Beswick, K., Brady, K., Clark, J., Faragher, R., & Warren, E. (2015). Teaching mathematics: Foundations to middle years (2nd ed.). South Melbourne, Vic: Oxford University Press.
Smith, M. S., & Stein, M. K. (2011). Five practices for orchestrating productive mathematics discussions. Reston, VA: NCTM.
Tucker, K. (2014). Mathematics through play in the early years. (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

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