This unit explores the teaching and learning of mathematics in secondary schools. It introduces students to the language, methods and major ideas useful in mathematics teaching, and focuses on content, pedagogy and the interrelationships between them. Students are provided with opportunities to develop their subject matter knowledge and skills relevant to teaching in secondary schools and refine their attitudes through reflecting on new and past experiences. The unit is designed to prepare students to teach mathematics and consider the philosophy that underpins their teaching. Students are encouraged to develop an understanding of the subject discipline's place within secondary schools,... -- Course Website
Instructor: Dr Stephen Keast
Prerequisites: A minor sequence in mathematics (statistics is accepted as mathematics provided it is taken within a mathematics department)
