EMM411 Numeracy in the Early Years (8)

This subject positions the student as a reflective and active practitioner in mathematics education. It focuses on numeracy development and planning in the 0-8 age group. Students will engage in a variety of discussions and reflective practice whilst developing their own action research into effective pedagogical practice in numeracy education.

Subject Outlines
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Availability

Session 2 (60)
Online
Albury-Wodonga Campus

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: EMM411. Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Subject Information

Grading System

HD/FL

Duration

One session

School

School of Education

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • Improve their professional teaching practice
  • Relate theory to individual practice
  • Focus on the application of knowledge to the educational workplaces and to the community settings in which they are working
  • Integrate reflective practice and action research into their numeracy practice
  • Understand implications from educational research and the consequences for their teaching and learning numeracy
  • Critically analyse current practice, research and curriculum models to gain an understanding of childrens needs
  • Develop a range of pedagogical approaches that utilise and build upon childrens understandings of mathematics, including knowledge from home
  • Recognise that childrens prior to school numeracy experiences are a solid foundation in which to build and develop further understandings
  • Identify, develop and justify an appropriate range of pedagogical strategies in which to develop effective numeracy programs
  • Develop the skills of action research as a means of professional learning and improving classroom practice and pedagogy
  • Embed technology within their pedagogical practice surrounding numeracy

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

Numeracy in the 21st Century  Technological advances and the implications for numeracy, representations of numeracy, the literacy of numeracy in a multi-cultural society

Existing Practice, Research, emerging and new curriculum models
  A critical analysis of current practice, research and curriculum models  what do they tell us about our students?

Action Research Models
 What is Action Research? Which model suits my needs and purpose

Representations
 Iconic, verbal, symbolic, social, imitative, cultural

Representations in the Numeracy
   What are your own representations of numeracy in the Early Years? Why do you have these representations? Where does curriculum sit with these representations?

Representations in the Numeracy
 What are the students representations of numeracy? How do you know? What are they telling you? Do they parallel with your own representations? With curriculum? With research? How? Why? Why Not?

Building Connections and Transforming Representations
 Making connections  ZPD and social representations  challenging, taking-on and transforming representations in the numeracy classroom.

Argumentation
 Scaffolding argumentation, teacher-directed, child-directed, class/collaborative - directed

Numeracy beyond the classroom
 Transitions, assessment and accountability, national and international perspectives, home, community, environment

Contact

Current Students

For any enquiries about subject selection or course structure please contact Student Central or ask@csu.edu.au or phone on 1800 275 278.

Prospective Students

For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 275 278 (free call within Australia) or enquire online.

The information contained in the 2018 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: August 2018. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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