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.
HD/FL
One session
School of Education
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 student's 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
The following table summarises the assessment tasks for the online offering of EMM411 in Session 2 2021. Please note this is a guide only. Assessment tasks are regularly updated and can also differ to suit the mode of study (online or on campus).
The information contained in the CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: May 2022. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.