EDUC3055

Pedagogies of Numeracy from Birth to 12 Years

Faculty of Education and Arts School of Education

10 Units 3000 Level Course

Available in 2012

Callaghan Campus	Semester 2
Ourimbah	Semester 2

Previously offered in 2013, 2011, 2010

This course deepens students' understanding of the principles and practices of teaching and learning in mathematics from birth to 12 years. Students will explore the numeracy demands of all key learning areas in the primary curriculum and their link to prior to school learning and in the context of early years learning frame work. Students will learn how to interpret school-based and system-wide numeracy data in order to make informed decisions about student numeracy needs. With a focus on helping students to reason or 'work mathematically', this course will place particular attention upon instructional practices and educational technologies for teaching and assessing the foundational concepts of quantity, measurement, spatial representation, and generalisation from birth to twelve years.

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will be expected to:
- Identify the numeracy demands of all key learning areas in the primary curriculum;
- Identify the numeracy demands of everyday life and in the early years learning frameworks
- Interpret school-based and system-wide numeracy data in order to make informed decisions about student numeracy needs;
- Design instruction that assists children to 'work mathematically';
- Select appropriate instructional strategies and educational technologies for teaching and assessing the foundational concepts of quantity, measurement, spatial representation, and generalisation.

Content

- The numeracy demands of all the key learning areas in the primary curriculum;
- Numeracy in everyday life;
- School-based and system-wide numeracy data;
- Prior to school learning in mathematics and planning for emergent numeracy experiences through play;
- Working mathematically;
- Instructional strategies and educational technologies for teaching and assessing the foundational concepts of quantity, measurement, spatial representation, and generalisation.

Replacing Course(s)

Not Applicable.

Transition

Not Applicable.

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

Nil

Modes of Delivery

Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Lecture
Integrated Learning

Assessment Items

Essays / Written Assignments

0-5 year assignment: Minor written assignment - 50%, 2000 (give or take 10%)

PART A Investigate emergent mathematics for children 0-5. Discuss your findings in the context for the Early Years Learning Framework.
PART B Analyze the play scenario provided for emergent mathematical learning. Relate explicitly to your discussion in part a, including links to EYLF.