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ED503C: EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF NUMERACY 1: DEVELOPING MATHEMATICAL THINKING (2015-2016)

Last modified: 25 Mar 2016 11:37


Course Overview

Applicants must be fully registered with the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) and working in a professional context.

This course is worth 30 credit and is summatively assessed by an assignment linked to the themes listed below:

  • Teacher’s beliefs about learning and teaching mathematics
  • The nature of teachers’ mathematical knowledge
  • Children as ‘learners of mathematics’
  • Making connections and developing mathematical talk

 

Course Details

Study Type Postgraduate Level 5
Term Second Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Mrs Catriona Macdonald

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Education (ED) (Studied)
  • Any Postgraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will comprise of four content units:

• Teacher’s beliefs about learning and teaching mathematics
• The nature of teachers’ mathematical knowledge
• Children as ‘learners of mathematics’
• Making connections and developing mathematical talk.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Participants will be required to submit for summative assessment an assignment equivalent to a total of 6000-8000 words taking into account different presentation formats. This assessment will be criteria based (100%). Resit: There will be one opportunity to resubmit the work completed, as revised to take into account identified inadequacies in the original.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Feedback

None.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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