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Learning Area Mathematics (Additional) 2 (EDUC90460)

Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)

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This subject builds on Mathematics 2 and will focus on teaching and learning issues associated with developing school students’ skills, strategies and dispositions for working mathematically.

This subject will deepen the investigation on students’ teaching and learning of mathematics covered in the subject Learning Area Mathematics (Additional) 1. Particular attention will be paid to the development of student proficiencies of reasoning and of problem-solving across the Senior secondary Mathematics levels. Teacher Candidates will examine a number of learning theories in mathematics education and consider how these inform classroom mathematics teaching across Years 11 to 12, from Essential to Specialist Mathematics.

Themes to be considered include problem solving, mathematical modelling, extended investigations, real-world applications, integrating mathematics into other curriculum areas, informal and formal proof, and the use of digital learning technologies to support mathematical work.

Intended learning outcomes

On completion of this subject teacher candidates should be able to:

 

Graduate Standards refers to the Graduate-level Australian Professional Standards for Teachers.

  • Demonstrate an understanding of problem solving strategies and how to help students to develop problem solving ability (Graduate Standards 1.2, 2.1, 2.5, 3.1, 3.4, 4.2, 5.2)
  • Demonstrate an understanding of mathematical modelling and applications and their importance in students’ mathematical learning (Graduate Standards 1.2, 2.5, 4.2)
  • Demonstrate an understanding of teaching to foster students’ mathematical conjecturing and reasoning (Graduate Standards 1.2, 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 3.5, 5.2)
  • Demonstrate an understanding of selected learning theories in mathematics education
  • Critically reflect on research into how students learn and understand the concepts, substance, structure and implications for effective teaching practice of mathematics, including the creation of effective learning environments (Graduate Standards 1.2 & 2.1)
  • Consolidate understanding of how to design lesson plans and learning sequences appropriate to mathematics, using knowledge of student learning, curriculum, assessment, reporting as well as effective teaching resources (Graduate Standards 2.3 & 3.2)
  • Understand how to set learning goals that provide achievable challenges for students of varying abilities and characteristics (Graduate Standards 3.1)
  • Consolidate their capacity to select appropriate strategies to differentiate teaching in mathematics to meet specific needs of students, including digital technologies, literacy, numeracy understandings in order to engage and empower students in their learning (Graduate Standards 1.5, 2.5, 2.6, 3.3, 3.4)
  • Consolidate skills in the evaluation of teaching programs relative to Mathematics subjects to improve learning and to determine the effectiveness of strategies and resources (Graduate Standards 3.6)
  • Identify assessment strategies including formal and informal diagnostic, formative and summative approaches to assess and to support students’ learning in mathematics (Graduate Standards 5.1, 5.4)

Generic skills

This subject will develop the following set of key transferable skills:

  • Clinical reasoning and thinking
  • Problem solving
  • Evidence based decision making
  • Creativity and innovation
  • Teamwork and professional collaboration
  • Learning to learn and metacognition
  • Responsiveness to a changing knowledge base
  • Reflection for continuous improvement
  • Linking theory and practice
  • Inquiry and research
  • Active and participatory citizenship

Last updated: 10 February 2024