ESM310 - Teachers and Mathematics: Creating An Effective Classroom
Unit details
| 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 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Nicole Lewis |
| 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 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour on-campus 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 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | 1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided) E359 Bachelor of Education (Primary) students are encouraged to attend seminars as per their mode of campus enrolment. |
| In-person attendance requirements: | E330 enrolled students – 15-days on-site professional experience (placement) per trimester in a Primary School setting |
| Typical 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. |
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 geometry 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.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Apply mathematical knowledge for effective teaching of rational number, geometry and statistics and probability. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Analyse individual student work samples and interview data to demonstrate an understanding of common misunderstandings in learning mathematics. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Critique pedagogical strategies to support the effective teaching of mathematics, particularly in the upper primary years. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Apply insights from research literature to develop teaching strategies that support mathematics and numeracy learning. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Compare and contrast the effectiveness of physical and digital resources for teaching and assessing mathematics. | GLO3: Digital literacy GLO4: Critical thinking |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Teaching and assessing fractions and decimals for understanding | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 2 - Mathematical and numeracy activities and teaching strategies to develop conceptual understanding | 2000 words or equivalent | 50% | Week 10 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ESM310 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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