Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Focuses on teaching elementary school mathematics. Students explore mathematical learning, their own mathematical thinking, and curriculum; and plan mathematical instruction within a consistent framework using appropriate instructional materials and methods. Quantitative.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

You will also be asked to think about some pedagogical issues regarding the teaching and learning of mathematics. Your thoughts on these issues are to be recorded in a journal. In addition, you will be asked to respond to readings from the text or supplemental material. It is important that each new entry into the journal is well marked with date and title. Your journal will be handed in on August 10th. You may also hand in any portion to me, at any time during the course, for feedback.

Throughout the term, you will be given 8 tasks to solve. Using these tasks, you must evidence proficiency with each of the 17 curricular competencies and the 5 numeracy competencies from the BC Mathematics Curriculum (see competencies and competency grid). You do not need to show each competency within each task, but across the 8 tasks all the 22 competencies must be demonstrated. A competency may be demonstrated more than once.

What you will submit is a portfolio in which you showcase your work on a minimum of 5 tasks and articulate how your work on each task demonstrates proficiency with the specific competencies for that task. In addition, you must adhere to the following constraints:

1. You do not need to work each task to completion. However, 3 of the tasks must be worked to completion, and all the tasks in your portfolio must contribute to showcasing proficiency with some competencies.
2. In one of the tasks, you must showcase a complete numeracy cycle.
3. You are allowed to collaborate on the solving of any, and all, tasks. In fact, it is encouraged. If you collaborate you need to specify for each task who you collaborated with.
4. You can work on the portfolio as a group. If you do, then you submit one portfolio as a group. But this is not about division of labour. This is about each individual having an opportunity to come to understand each of the competencies and how to demonstrate proficiency with them.
5. Time will be given at the end of each lesson to work on these tasks collaboratively.

Your portfolio will be handed in on August 10^th, or any time before that. The last task will be given on July 25^th. You may also hand in any portion to me, at any time during the course, for feedback.

Grading

Materials

REQUIRED READING: