Summer 2023 - EDUC 475 OL01

Designs for Learning: Elementary Mathematics (4)

Class Number: 4791

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Online

  • Prerequisites:

    EDUC 401/402 or corequisite EDUC 403. Students must successfully complete an SFU criminal records check.

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 DETAILS:

This course is designed for prospective and practicing elementary school teachers who wish to explore the fundamentals of the learning/teaching process as it applies to mathematics. Students will explore mathematical teaching through their own experiences as mathematics learners. The course will draw on the latest research in mathematics learning, and will show how such findings may be used in the classroom.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  • Students will be become familiar the realities of mathematical learning by examining their own learning powers and patterns.
  • Students will be able to deal confidently with the prescribed curriculum.
  • Students will be able to plan mathematical instruction using contemporary ideas around the teaching and learning of mathematics.   

Grading

  • Reflective Journal – throughout the course students will be asked to respond to readings from the course text as well think about pedagogical issues regarding the teaching and learning of mathematics. Your thoughts on these issues are to be recorded in a journal. 40%
  • Curriculum Exploration – students will engage critically with the BC math curriculum for a grade of their choice and produce a document that outlines the benefits and drawbacks of the curriculum as well as an exposition, in their own words, of how they would explain the curriculum to a parent. 30%
  • Digital Resources Exploration – students will engage critically with one of several digital resources and produce a report summarizing the potential affordances of the resource for the teaching and learning of mathematics as well how they would use the resource within a lesson or a series of lessons. 30%

NOTES:

More information provided within Canvas once the course begins.

Completion of all assignments is required to pass this course.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

All course information will be in Canvas.

There will be opportunities for optional synchronous online experiences. To particpate in these you will need a computer with camera, microphone, and stable WIFI connection. These optional synchronous experiences will  take place using ZOOM and active participation is required.

REQUIRED READING:

Liljedahl, P. (2020). Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics (Grades K-12): 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press Inc.

Buy it through https://www.amazon.ca/ or https://ca.corwin.com/
ISBN: 1544374836

RECOMMENDED READING:

Any edition of the Van de Walle (plus friends) books on teaching elementary and middle school mathematics. These books have “Teaching Developmentally” in the title.

We will not use this text within the course, but it is a great resource to have as a teacher. You will use it forwever and always as you teach mathematics.


REQUIRED READING NOTES:

Your personalized Course Material list, including digital and physical textbooks, are available through the SFU Bookstore website by simply entering your Computing ID at: shop.sfu.ca/course-materials/my-personalized-course-materials.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

SFU’s Academic Integrity website http://www.sfu.ca/students/academicintegrity.html is filled with information on what is meant by academic dishonesty, where you can find resources to help with your studies and the consequences of cheating. Check out the site for more information and videos that help explain the issues in plain English.

Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the university community. Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the university. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the university. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

RELIGIOUS ACCOMMODATION

Students with a faith background who may need accommodations during the semester are encouraged to assess their needs as soon as possible and review the Multifaith religious accommodations website. The page outlines ways they begin working toward an accommodation and ensure solutions can be reached in a timely fashion.