ESM310 - Teachers and Mathematics: Creating an Effective Classroom
| Year: | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online, Warrnambool, Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Community Based Delivery (CBD)* |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in E330, E334, E359 |
| Prerequisite: | E359 students must have passed one unit from ESM210 or ESM211 E334 and E330 students must have at least 10 credit points and completed units ECE211 or ECE352 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | EME500 |
| Study commitment | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided) 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week (in non-placement teaching weeks – approx. 6-9 weeks) NIKERI (CBD): 3 x 6-hour on-campus intensive (workshops/seminars) per trimester 8 x 1-hour online seminars per week for 8-weeks |
| Scheduled learning activities - online | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided) 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week (in non-placement teaching weeks – approx. 6-9 weeks) E359 Bachelor of Education (Primary) students are encouraged to attend seminars as per their mode of campus enrolment. |
| Note: | *Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus)
E359 Bachelor of Education (Primary) students need to attend on campus seminars as per their mode of campus enrolment. |
Content
The unit aims to enhance pre-service teachers' understanding of how mathematics is learned and therefore taught in primary school settings. Rational number, statistics, probability, and space in the upper primary years will be the focus. Students will continue to develop their knowledge and understanding of teaching and assessing for understanding. Effective numeracy teaching strategies incorporating key mathematical concepts, mathematical language, multiple representations and flexible strategies will be attended to. Students will engage with the relevant curriculum documents, research literature and assessment tools as they engage with assessment for learning incorporating the analysis of student responses to support mathematics and numeracy learning. Published teaching and learning resources will be drawn on and critiqued in the planning process. The use of manipulatives, calculators and other digital technologies in primary mathematics classrooms will be addressed.
Unit Fee Information
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Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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