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
Availability
Class details
Magill
Class number 23025
Section TU01
Size 27
Available 24
Class number 23026
Section TU02
Size 27
Available 27
Class number 23027
Section TU03
Size 27
Available 27
Mawson Lakes
Class number 23028
Section TU01
Size 27
Available 26
Class number 23029
Section TU02
Size 27
Available 24
Class number 23030
Section TU03
Size 27
Available 27
Whyalla
Class number 23031
Section TU01
Size 20
Available 20
Mt Gambier
Class number 23032
Section TU01
Size 20
Available 19
Online
Class number 20214
Section 01OL
Size 30
Available 19
Class details
Magill
Class number 53104
Section TU01
Size 27
Available 6
Class number 53105
Section TU02
Size 27
Available 0
Class number 52912
Section TU03
Size 27
Available 25
Mawson Lakes
Class number 53106
Section TU01
Size 27
Available 15
Class number 53107
Section TU02
Size 27
Available 25
Whyalla
Class number 53108
Section TU01
Size 20
Available 20
Mt Gambier
Class number 53109
Section TU01
Size 20
Available 20
Online
Class number 50190
Section 01OL
Size 30
Available 8
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