Course overview
This course aims to introduce pedagogical approaches appropriate for assisting young learners to engage in mathematical inquiry and learning, building on their current knowledge and ways they understand mathematical concepts in their everyday play-based activities.
- Thinking and working mathematically
- Multimodality of mathematical thinking
- Connections to Frameworks and Curriculum Documents
- Planning for and Analysing Learning
- Spatial Sense
- Rational Number Knowledge (early fractions, subitising)
- Rational Number Knowledge cont. (counting, whole number magnitude)
- Measurement Sense
- Geometrical Thinking
- Pattern
Course learning outcomes
- Plan for and implement learning experiences using the Early Years Learning Framework
- Analyse how young children develop mathematical understanding through play, including multi-modal expressions in revealing children’s mathematical thinking and understandings
- Analyse and utilise a wide range of resources, including the use of multi-modal tools and pedagogical documentation to support young children’s mathematical understandings
- Demonstrate subject matter expertise in the effective teaching of numeracy, including building fluency, understanding, problem-solving, and reasoning
Degree list
The following degrees include this course