Course overview
This course builds student knowledge of 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. Students will investigate planning for learning with the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum, utilising teaching practices based on play and social constructivist perspectives, and also examine current research and contemporary perspectives in mathematics education and how they inform their practice.
- Theory And Curriculum
- Big Ideas
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 understanding
- Knowledge of the most efficient and effective process of knowledge acquisition in the brain, including the function of memory and the concept of cognitive overload