EUB111 Primary Mathematics Curriculum Studies 1

Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal

Overview

This unit aims to assist you with developing your knowledge, skills and understanding of primary mathematics curriculum and pedagogical context knowledge as well as its application to real-world contexts to enhance a numerate society. The foundations of mathematics commence in early childhood through play and are developed in later years through schooling and active participation in society. In this unit, specific content includes the exploration of number and measurement, and the role of numeracy in daily life including your own lives, in society, and in educational contexts.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Discuss and demonstrate mathematics content and pedagogical content knowledge.
2. Relate mathematics education research to teaching and learning contexts.
3. Demonstrate strategies that support diverse learners to engage in mathematics.
4. Create innovative mathematics resources.

Content

Learning Approaches

In this unit you will learn by engaging in multi-sensory and multi-representational approaches during workshops. You will be provided with pre-recorded lecture materials that you will need to engage with prior to workshops. There are post-workshop activities for you to consolidate your learning.

In workshops you will be participating in learning experiences that directly prepare you for the weekly quizzes. You will also gain experience with a variety of mathematical education resources - this will prepare you for developing your own resources in assessment task 2.

Resources that support the unit, including all unit readings, presentations, workshop tasks and website resources, will be available online.

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

Assessment is both formative and summative. Formative assessment is provided through feedback in workshops and in the progressive completion of the weekly quizzes. Literacy and numeracy standards as required by the professional standards are an inherent requirement of this unit.

Assessment

Overview

There are two assessment items in this unit:

1. Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam - Questions will assess your developing knowledge of how students learn, your pedagogical content knowledge, and how to teach it.

2. Teaching Resource - The short film will assess your capacity to design and create a mathematics short film that will engage students and enhance their learning.

Unit Grading Scheme

7- point scale

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam

You will respond to a combination of higher order thinking tasks that focus on how students learn mathematics, mathematics content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge and assessment strategies. You will be required to draw on contemporary research in your responses. The exam will be online.

Assessment: Teaching Resource

You will produce a short film suitable for use as an engaging numeracy teaching resource. The film will require a creative and authentic approach to teaching numeracy, drawing on mathematics content and pedagogical content knowledge. You will also need to incorporate strategies into the film to support diverse learner engagement.

This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.

Academic Integrity

Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.

Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.

You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.

Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.

Risk Assessment Statement

There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with the general conduct of this unit. Workplace health and safety protocols in relation to computer use will apply.

Standards/Competencies

This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.

Australian Professional Standards for Teachers

1 Professional Knowledge: Know students and how they learn

1. Understand how students learn
   Relates to: Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam, Teaching Resource
2. Students with diverse linguistic, cultural, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds
   Relates to: Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam, Teaching Resource
3. Differentiate teaching to meet the specific learning needs of students across the full range of abilities
   Relates to: Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam, Teaching Resource

2 Professional Knowledge: Know the content and how to teach it

1. Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area
   Relates to: Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam, Teaching Resource
2. Content selection and organisation
   Relates to: Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam, Teaching Resource
3. Curriculum, assessment and reporting
   Relates to: Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam, Teaching Resource
4. Understand and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians
   Relates to: Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam, Teaching Resource
5. Literacy and numeracy strategies
   Relates to: Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam, Teaching Resource
6. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
   Relates to: Teaching Resource

3 Professional Practice: Plan for and implement effective teaching and learning

1. Establish challenging learning goals
   Relates to: Teaching Resource
2. Plan, structure and sequence learning programs
   Relates to: Teaching Resource
3. Use teaching strategies
   Relates to: Teaching Resource
4. Select and use resources
   Relates to: Teaching Resource

4 Professional Practice: Create and maintain supportive and safe learning environments

1. Support student participation
   Relates to: Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam, Teaching Resource

5 Professional Practice: Assess, provide feedback and report on student learning

1. Assess student learning
   Relates to: Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam, Teaching Resource

Course Learning Outcomes

ED49 Bachelor of Education (Primary)

1. Knowledgeable: Apply professional knowledge of learning areas, learners and learning.
   Relates to: ULO1, ULO3, ULO4, Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam, Teaching Resource
2. Scholarly: Consider the ways in which educational theory and research inform and impact teaching practice.
   Relates to: ULO2, Content, Pedagogy and Assessment Exam, Teaching Resource
3. Inclusive: Plan for culturally secure, supportive, caring, inclusive and positive learning environments.
   Relates to: ULO3, Teaching Resource
4. Innovative: Create innovative future-focused learning.
   Relates to: ULO4, Teaching Resource
5. Reflective: Reframe challenges into opportunities for capacity building and learning.
   Relates to: ULO3