ESM424 - Mathematics: Curriculum Study

Unit details

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Year2015 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Cohort rule:

(For students enrolled in courses D342, D344, D347, D351, E359, E377, E365, E455 and E356M only)

Unit chair:C Vale
Prerequisite:

Minimum discipline study requirement is a sub-major study in Mathematics equivalent to half a year of successful full-time higher education study. In most programs this equates to four units of mathematics including sequential units with no more than two of these four units at first year level. Statistics is accepted as Mathematics provided it is taken within a Mathematics Department. 

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

EME209, EME409, ESM724

Contact hours:

Campus: 1 x 1 hour Class per week, 1 x 2 hour Seminar per week.

Cloud (online): Learning experiences are via CloudDeakin

Note:

Wherever possible students should enrol in the campus based version of this unit.

Content

This unit simultaneously focuses on mathematical content and teaching and learning approaches that increase Year 7 - 10 students' opportunities to learn mathematics. Informed by findings from middle years research, and guided by the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (2005), and National Curriculum Documents, autonomous student thinking is a focus of attention. A diversity of tasks (from the areas of Number, Space, Measurement, Chance and Data, Structure - numeric and algebraic structure) is examined. Tasks are then designed and implemented, and reflections upon the learning that occurred model the thinking of reflective teachers. Many complexities associated with classroom teaching (e.g., catering for individual differences, implementing effective group work, and capitalising on technology to support student learning) are identified and discussed. Study of assessment techniques focuses on monitoring student progress to promote further learning, assessing students' mathematical performance, and providing opportunities for students to demonstrate they can work mathematically.

Assessment

Task 1 50% - Use research, independent thinking, and online discussion spaces to collaboratively design, develop and implement a learning activity, and collaboratively and individually reflect on its usefulness.

Task 2 50% - Formulate an inquiry associated with the learning of mathematics through practicum participation, and interrogate research literature to explore this question.

All tasks will be criterion referenced.

Unit Fee Information

Student Contribution Rate*Student Contribution Rate**Fee rate - Domestic Students Fee rate - International students
$769$615$2452$2612

* Rate for all CSP students, except for those who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
** Rate for CSP students who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.