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Archived Version 2022 - 2023
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Description Building on their learning and professional development in PMEP1, student teachers are provided with opportunities to further develop pedagogical content knowledge and the skills necessary to research and analyse teaching and learning mathematics across all strands of the curriculum. Students will reflect upon and expand their own conceptual understanding of mathematics. They will research and analyse key mathematical ideas of various topics and will explore appropriate teaching methodologies. They will appraise lesson plans and units of work, with an emphasis on how a child may experience these lessons. They will engage in collaborative group work to develop a progressional scheme which must draw on evidence-based theory regarding the teaching and learning of mathematics, and reflect the content and principles of the Irish Primary School Mathematics Curriculum. Approaches that emphasise pupil agency and problem-based learning are foregrounded throughout the module. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Interrogate important concepts and principles underlying the teaching of mathematics 2. Appraise mathematics lessons and progressional schemes in terms of the development of children’s thinking. 3. Consolidate skills in planning dialogic, problem-based mathematics lessons. 4. Apply findings from research to prepare evidence-based short-term plans for teaching mathematics through child-centred and progressive approaches. 5. Explicate and defend planning, learning, resourcing and teaching decisions with reference to research findings in the field. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and
Learning Activities Mathematical Content KnowledgeStudents will deepen and expand their mathematical knowledge through problem-solving, with a focus on collaboration, reflection, discussion and extension activities and explore the application of these practices to the primary mathematics classroom;Theoretical underpinningStudents will interrogate theories around the teaching and learning of mathematics with particular reference to the five metapractices identified in the Research Reports underpinning the new mathematics curriculum.Pedagogical Content KnowledgeStudents will identify domain-specific pedagogical approaches across all five strands of the Primary School Mathematics Curriculum (PSMC) through a combination of in-class problem-solving approaches and modelling, analysis of video-case studies, and interrogation of relevant literature.Professional Planning CompetencyStudents will build upon the content of Module 1 by deepening and refining the planning of lessons; and apply cutting edge research to develop short term planning that maximises opportunities for the development of children’s mathematical thinkingImplications for PracticeStudents will research, analyse, critique and select a broad range of high-quality resources for teaching mathematics, with reference to the principles, skills and content objectives of the Primary Mathematics Curriculum. They will consider how planned activities can be enacted effectively. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other Resources 52832, Website, 0, www.nrich.maths.org, 52833, Website, 0, https://maths4all.ie/, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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