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Description
Content: This module enables you to explore a range of issues relevant to primary mathematics. We will focus on areas such as the development of early number skills, additive reasoning and geometric reasoning, in order to identify key issues in aspects of subject knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge relevant to primary mathematics.
As well as looking at these issues from an academic perspective, we will engage in a wide range of mathematical activities in order to better understand some of the challenges experienced by children in the classroom. This module is for anyone that has an interest in the learning of mathematics in children up to 11 years of age.
Teaching Delivery: This module is taught via 10 weekly lectures.
Indicative Topics:
- Introduction to Pedagogical Issues in Primary Mathematics Education
- Exploring Barriers to Learning Mathematics
- The Importance of Developing Pattern Awareness in Young Learners
(Based on module content in 23/24 and subject to change)
Module Aims:
The module aims to:
- Engage participants with UK and international research and debates concerning primary mathematics education.
- Provide the foundation for critical evaluation of the relationship between research in mathematics education and practice.
- Enable critical examination of the bases for current practice in primary mathematics education.
- Enable students to evaluate and provide evidence of their own progress in relation to module aims and learning outcomes.
- Enable participants to engage in a range of mathematical activities.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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