013059 Mathematics Teaching Methods 2

6cp
Undergraduate
Subject coordinator: Anne Prescott

This subject explores the skills and understandings required to be an effective mathematics teacher. It considers strategies to develop expertise in planning, implementing, managing and evaluating suitable learning experiences for teaching mathematics. (This subject is closely associated with 023151 Professional Experience 2.) It focuses on professional commitment, current developments in teaching and learning, and reflection on teaching practice. Topics include impediments to teaching mathematical thinking and how to overcome them, the primacy of problem solving in the teaching and learning of mathematics, and teaching for mixed achieving classes.

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $499.75
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $1,860.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.125
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