Mathematics education’ is an umbrella term that encompasses all aspects of learning and teaching mathematics in schools and in other settings. This module is for undergraduates who are in their third or final year of a degree and curious about how mathematics is learnt and what educational environments support learning and participation or students considering teaching mathematics in the future
The module is on Tuesday afternoons in the Autumn Term from 1pm-4pm and There will be opportunities for individual or small group tutorials to support assessment in the Winter/Spring Term and a revision session before the final exam in the Summer Term. The current programme leader is Suman Ghosh.
Each Tuesday afternoon students will study a central theme of mathematics education in a workshop format. Each workshop will include activities such as engaging in mathematical tasks, including practical work, investigation of the roles of digital learning technologies, listening and responding to lectures on new topics and reading and discussing mathematics education literature. The workshops will be interactive with both students and staff contributing to discussion.
"Maths Education was my favourite module this year. I appreciated that the weekly workshops included lots of group activities because it helped me get to know my peers and made the classroom environment very friendly and supportive. Additionally, I appreciated the formative writing tasks because they were evidently targeted at improving our writing skills in preparation for our summative assessments. Especially if you want to be a teacher, but also in general if you are interested in maths, I highly recommend this module"
Irene (Student)
"The course introduced key concepts in pedagogy, the curriculum and assessment. The course also encouraged me to think more deeply about how I learn mathematics and how others learn mathematics"
Megan (Student)
COURSE CODE: CPAS0012
The module is on Tuesday afternoons in the Autumn Term from 1pm-4pm and There will be opportunities for individual or small group tutorials to support assessment in the Winter/Spring Term and a revision session before the final exam in the Summer Term. The current programme leader is Suman Ghosh.
Each Tuesday afternoon students will study a central theme of mathematics education in a workshop format. Each workshop will include activities such as engaging in mathematical tasks, including practical work, investigation of the roles of digital learning technologies, listening and responding to lectures on new topics and reading and discussing mathematics education literature. The workshops will be interactive with both students and staff contributing to discussion.
"Maths Education was my favourite module this year. I appreciated that the weekly workshops included lots of group activities because it helped me get to know my peers and made the classroom environment very friendly and supportive. Additionally, I appreciated the formative writing tasks because they were evidently targeted at improving our writing skills in preparation for our summative assessments. Especially if you want to be a teacher, but also in general if you are interested in maths, I highly recommend this module"
Irene (Student)
"The course introduced key concepts in pedagogy, the curriculum and assessment. The course also encouraged me to think more deeply about how I learn mathematics and how others learn mathematics"
Megan (Student)
COURSE CODE: CPAS0012