Course Content
Content covered in previous years includes:
Teaching Secondary School Mathematics: Presentation and discussion on ways of teaching the central topics of school mathematics.
Pedagogy and CurriculumTheory of teaching mathematics and how a curriculum evolves or is designed.
Communication: Language as vital role in the learning and teaching of mathematics; ‘multiple representations’ of mathematics as an aide to learning.
Digital Technologies and School Mathematics. How might digital technologies can help or hinder mathematics learning in various areas of the school maths curriculum from calculus to coding?
Assessment in School Mathematics: From details of National Curriculum requirements and marking in practice to discussion of the nature of assessment.
Philosophy and the the nature of mathematical reasoning.
Society: an introduction to the sociology of mathematics education, cross-cultural issues and societal impacts on mathematics learning and participation.
School Visit: Visiting local schools to observe mathematics lessons and discuss mathematics education in practice. Due to the large numbers of students school visit is unlikely to take place this year.
Teaching Secondary School Mathematics: Presentation and discussion on ways of teaching the central topics of school mathematics.
Pedagogy and CurriculumTheory of teaching mathematics and how a curriculum evolves or is designed.
Communication: Language as vital role in the learning and teaching of mathematics; ‘multiple representations’ of mathematics as an aide to learning.
Digital Technologies and School Mathematics. How might digital technologies can help or hinder mathematics learning in various areas of the school maths curriculum from calculus to coding?
Assessment in School Mathematics: From details of National Curriculum requirements and marking in practice to discussion of the nature of assessment.
Philosophy and the the nature of mathematical reasoning.
Society: an introduction to the sociology of mathematics education, cross-cultural issues and societal impacts on mathematics learning and participation.
School Visit: Visiting local schools to observe mathematics lessons and discuss mathematics education in practice. Due to the large numbers of students school visit is unlikely to take place this year.