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Teaching Mathematics in the Primary School Context unit (EMT619)

Minimum enrolment number of 12 applies to this offering. Should enrolments not reach the minimum number required for on-campus study, students may be transferred to the on-line offering and advised of this change before semester commences.

Introduction

This unit supports your development as a teacher of Mathematics and Numeracy in the primary classroom. The unit contextualises and expands your knowledge in relation to school-based mathematics and numeracy teaching and learning as you develop your skills in a classroom setting. You will explore how teachers make contextual decisions about curriculum content, teaching strategies, differentiation and assessment, while engaging more deeply with curriculum and evaluation processes. You will develop your pedagogical content knowledge for teaching mathematics and addressing diverse learners’ needs. Your understanding will develop through engagement in collegial discussions.

Summary

Unit name Teaching Mathematics in the Primary School Context
Unit code EMT619
Credit points 12.5
College/School Arts and Society
Faculty of Education
Discipline Education
Coordinator Doctor Bruce Duncan
Delivered By University of Tasmania
Level Postgraduate

Availability

Specific information on 2027 unit availability will be available in August

Learning Outcomes

  • Design, teach, and evaluate learning through a sequence of mathematics lessons using knowledge of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics, student learning, content and effective teaching strategies
  • Critique and integrate resources and educational technology that support student learning
  • Use assessment practices to accurately identify student understanding of mathematical concepts
  • Uses appropriate subject matter expertise in the effective teaching of numeracy including the explicit teaching of mathematics and building of fluency, understanding, problem solving and reasoning

Fee Information

2027 fee information will be available in August.

Requisites

Prerequisites

EMT509

Concurrent Prerequisites

EMT604

Teaching

AssessmentEvaluate a Resource (15%)|Know Your Class (completed with EMT660, EMT661) (20%)|Designing and Using Assessment (25%)|Designing and Using Assessment (40%)
TimetableView the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable

Textbooks

Required

Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.

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