Launceston
Introduction
This unit introduces you to pedagogies appropriate for supporting the learning of mathematics in classrooms. The unit will provide opportunities for you to develop your personal numeracy skills and to identify where these skills can be applied in the context of education support. You will develop an understanding of appropriate pedagogies for individualising numeracy development, along with the theoretical underpinnings of how children learn mathematics. The unit will provide opportunities for you to deepen your own mathematical content knowledge, along with assessing children’s mathematical thinking using work samples and practical classroom examples.
Summary 2021
| Unit name | Foundations of Numeracy Support |
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| Unit code | EES162 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Arts, Law and Education Faculty of Education |
| Discipline | Education |
| Coordinator | Tracey Muir |
| Available as student elective? | No |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Learning Outcomes
- Identify strengths and weaknesses in your mathematical skills and evaluate evidence of your own learning.
- Reflect on your current skills and knowledge in relation to numeracy support work.
- Articulate learners’ mathematical understanding and numeracy development, and discuss the consequences of this development in numeracy support work.
- Describe key concepts and essential knowledge with regard to numeracy support in Australian educational contexts.
Fees
Teaching
| Assessment | Task 1: Personal Numeracy Skills and Beliefs Audit, 600 words (20%) Task 2: Numeracy Work Sample Analysis, 1200 words (40%) Task 3: Numeracy support plan addressing issues identified in Task 2, 1200 words (40%) |
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| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | None |
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