Key facts
UNE unit code: EDME358
*You are viewing the 2024 version of this unit which may be subject to change in future.
- Trimester 1 - On Campus
- Trimester 1 - Online
- Armidale Campus
- Yes
- No
- No
- 6
Unit information
There is continued focus in Australian education on children’s development of core skills in mathematics throughout their school years. The foundations for strong mathematical knowledge are laid down in primary education.
This unit equips you with content knowledge and skills within the curriculum strands of Measurement and Geometry, and Number.
By examining developmental teaching theories and the psychology of learning mathematics, you will learn how to foster flexible, critical and creative thinking in your students.
You will also explore learning sequence design and lesson planning that promotes student-centred teaching and learning, examine investigative activities and tools to promote problem-solving and mathematics communication, apply strategies for assessment task development and learn to effectively integrate contemporary ICT tools and strategies into your classroom.
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Teaching period | Mode/location |
---|---|
Trimester 1 | On Campus, Armidale Campus |
Trimester 1 | Online |
*Offering is subject to availability
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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).
Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.
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Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- use curriculum, assessment and mathematical content knowledge to design learning sequences and lesson plans (GTSD 2.3.1);
- plan lesson sequences and activities that promote problem solving, working and communicating mathematically, using knowledge of student learning, content and effective teaching strategies (GTSD 3.2.1);
- demonstrate an understanding of informal, formative assessment approaches to assess student learning and the purpose of providing this assessment as timely and appropriate feedback to students about their learning (GTSD 5.1.1, 5.2.1, 5.5.1); and
- implement a wide range of teaching strategies, tools and resources related to ICT to expand curriculum learning opportunities (GTSD 2.6.1).
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 |
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Assessment 1 | Yes | 50% | All offerings | Lesson Planning. Relates to GTSD: 2.3.1, 3.2.1, 5.1.1, 5.2.1 No. Words: 2000 |
Assessment 2 | Yes | 50% | All offerings | Teaching activities.Relates to GTSD: 2.3.1, 2.6.1, 3.2.1, 5.2.1, 5.5.1 No. Words: 2000 equivalent |
Workshop attendance | Yes | All offerings | On campus students must attend and participate in 80% of workshops, 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. |
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.
Teaching Measurement: Early Stage 1 - Stage 1
NSW Department of Education Learning and Teaching Directorate, NSW Department of Education Learning and Teaching Directorate, 2017
Text refers to: All offerings
Mathematics K-10 Syllabus for the Australian Curriculum.
NESA, NESA 2019
Text refers to: All offerings
Mathematics K-2 Syllabus.
NESA, NESA 2021
Text refers to: All offerings
Primary Mathematics: Integrating Theory with Practice
ISBN: 9781009265171
Baker, P., Callingham, R. and Muir, T., Cambridge University Press 4th ed. 2023
Text refers to: All offerings
Teaching Measurement: Stage 2 - Stage 3
NSW Department of Education Learning and Teaching Directorate, NSW Department of Education Learning and Teaching Directorate, 2017
Text refers to: All offerings
Note: Recommended material is held in the University Library — purchase is optional.
Primary and Middle Years Mathematics Teaching Developmentally.
ISBN: 9781488615627
Van de Walle, J., Karp, K., Bay-Williams, J.M., Brass, A., Bentley, B. , 1st Australian ed. 2019
Text refers to: All offerings
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