Key facts
UNE unit code: EDME145
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- Trimester 1 - Online
- Trimester 2 - On Campus
- Trimester 2 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- No
- Yes
- 6
Unit information
Quality teaching, informed by the best available evidence, helps children develop their number sense from the early years of schooling.
To effectively educate students as they navigate numeracy in primary school, teachers need to be able to demonstrate personal content knowledge of the three strands of mathematics content in the NSW syllabus: Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability.
Studying this unit, you will become familiar with the content and structure of the mathematics taught in primary school, developing a valuable understanding of key contemporary numeracy teaching tools that apply to mathematics teaching.
This unit will encourage you to recognise and analyse the developmental nature of mathematics.
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| Teaching period | Mode/location |
|---|---|
| Trimester 1 | Online |
| Trimester 2 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
| Trimester 2 | Online |
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Notes
This unit addresses Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate Stage, otherwise referred to as Graduate Teacher Standard Descriptors (GTSD).
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Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- demonstrate broad and critical knowledge and understanding of the mathematics discipline relevant and necessary for teaching primary school students (GTSD 2.1.1);
- demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the research into student affect towards mathematics and how it impacts on student learning (GTSD 1.2.1);
- know and understand numeracy teaching tools,strategies and evidence-based research, and how they apply to mathematics teaching (GTSD 2.5.1);
- demonstrate the capacity to interpret needs-based assessment data (GTSD 5.1.1); and
- demonstrate high level competency in Working Mathematically including problem solving, reasoning, understanding and fluency in mathematics and numeracy (GTSD 2.1.1).
Assessment information
Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
| Title | Must Complete | Weight | Offerings | Assessment Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 | Yes | 50% | All offerings | Written task.Relates to GTSD: 2.1.1, 2.5.1, 5.1.1 No. Words: 2000 |
| Lectures and Tutorials | Yes | All offerings | On campus students must attend and participate in at least 80% of lectures and tutorials, with absences to be satisfactorily accounted for e.g. by a doctor's certificate. Online students should participate in the online activity/forum postings. Students not meeting this requirement will receive an NC (Compulsory Fail) grade for the unit. | |
| Final Examination | Yes | 50% | All offerings | Relates to GTSD: 1.2.1, 2.1.1, 2.5.1, 5.1.1 No. Words: 2000 (equivalent) |
Learning resources
Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.
Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Helping Children Learn Mathematics
ISBN: 9780730391807
Reys, R.E. and others, Wiley 4th ed. 2021
Text refers to: All offerings
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