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Mathematics, Primary and Junior Part 2 AQ (Queen’s, Fall/Winter 2023, Online)

November 6, 2023 to February 9, 2024

  • Category: AQ, Online
  • Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
  • Topic: Mathematics
  • Grades: Junior (grades 4-6), Primary (grades 1-3)

It is no secret that teachers tend to teach the way they were taught. If this way was the lecture-drill method then they will think of teaching as a way of giving information to students and marking worksheets. Does this sound familiar? As a student yourself, did you find mathematics interesting, challenging and meaningful – something you wanted to do or something you had to do?

The National Council of Teachers of mathematics Curriculum and Evaluation Standard for School Mathematics presents a vision of the mathematics that all students need to know and be able to do in our complex and rapidly changing society.
This Mathematics Education (Primary/Junior) Part 2 course is a journey to empowerment. It will require you to learn more about mathematics yourself, about how children learn mathematics and about how mathematics should be taught for such a changing world.

Topics in this course include:

– Learning theories and how they impact the teaching and learning of mathematics
– Problem solving and how it is more than just the correct answer
– Communication to foster the development of students’ potential in mathematics
– Gender, ethnicity and culture as they relate to the teaching of elementary mathematics
– Individual differences in the mathematics classroom
– Quality online resources
– What “doing” mathematics really means
– Cooperative learning in mathematics
– Connections in mathematics
– Assessment and instruction and how they need to be integrated
– Providing an action plan for your own professional development with respect to the teaching of mathematics in the elementary classroom.

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