EDUC3055
10 units
3000 level
Course handbook
Description
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.
Availability2024 Course Timetables
Callaghan
- Semester 2 - 2024
Ourimbah
- Semester 2 - 2024
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Identify the numeracy demands of all key learning areas in the primary curriculum;
2. Identify the numeracy demands of everyday life and in the early years learning frameworks;
3. Interpret school-based and system-wide numeracy data in order to make informed decisions about student numeracy needs;
4. Design instruction that assists children to 'work mathematically';
5. 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.
Requisite
Program Enrolment Rule:
Available to students in the following program(s):
Bachelor of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary)(Honours) [12366]
Bachelor of Teaching (Primary)(Honours) [12367]
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary) [40105]
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary)(Honours) [40109]
Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary Studies) [40224]
Bachelor of Education (Primary) [40106]
Bachelor of Education (Primary)(Honours) [40110]
Bachelor of Education (Primary Studies) [40225]
Course Replacement:
You cannot enrol if you have successfully completed any of the following course(s):
EDUC4749
Enrolment in this course is dependent on meeting the Teacher Education Admission Milestone which requires meeting at least one of the following criteria:
- Three HSC Band 5s (including one in English), or
- Successful completion of 80 units of courses at the University of Newcastle, or
- Regulatory authority approved comparable pathways, or
- Commencement in the program prior to 2016.
Assessment items
Case Study / Problem Based Learning: Case Scenario/PBL Exercises
Written Assignment: Essays/Written Assignments
Contact hours
Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan
Live Virtual Lecture-1
- Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Semester 2 - 2024 - Ourimbah
Live Virtual Lecture-1
- Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Tutorial-1
- Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s) starting in week 1
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.