ESM724 - Mathematics Curriculum Inquiry

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Jill Brown
Cohort rule:

Students commencing in 2020 must be enrolled in course D304, D351, E377, E760, E763 or E765

Prerequisite:

D304 students must have passed 24 credit points of study at levels 1, 2 & 3 with a minimum WAM of 60%

Students enrolled in course E762, E763 and E765 must pass 4 units in total:
must complete EEE754, 
plus 1 unit from EEE755, EEE756, EPR721, EPR731, EPR751, EPR781

Students enrolled in course E377 - minimum discipline study requirement is successful completion of three relevant units of mathematics with at least one of these units at the second year level. Statistics is accepted as a mathematics unit provided it is taken within a Mathematics Department.

Corequisite:

Students enrolled in course E762 must pass any co-req unit in EPR724 or EPR784

Students enrolled in course E765 must pass any co-req unit in EPR754 or EPR784

Incompatible with: EME209, EME409, ESM424
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.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 1 hour lecture per week (pre-recorded taking a flipped approach), and 1 x 2 hour seminar per week, per non-placement teaching weeks which vary across courses.

Attendance at the seminar is critical to learning to teach, Lecture engagement is scheduled at any time prior to the seminar which builds on the lecture.

Time engaging in learning activities is expected to total a combined equivalent of 8-10 hours per week. Other then lecture and class,  some learning activities are directed by the UC, others determined by students own needs.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 1 hour lecture per week (pre-recorded taking a flipped approach), and 1 x 2 hour seminar per week, per non-placement teaching weeks which vary across courses.

Attendance at the seminar is critical to learning to teach, Lecture engagement is scheduled at any time prior to the seminar which builds on the lecture.

Time engaging in learning activities is expected to total a combined equivalent of 8-10 hours per week. Other then lecture and class, some learning activities are directed by the UC, others determined by students own needs.

Content

This unit simultaneously focuses on mathematical content and teaching and learning approaches that increase students' opportunities to learn mathematics in the contexts of the middle years and secondary schooling. Informed by findings from middle years research, and guided by the Australian Curriculum. Autonomous student thinking is a focus of attention.

A diversity of tasks from various mathematical domains (e.g. the areas of Number, Space, Measurement, Probability and Statistics Chance and Data, Structure including- numeric and algebraic structure) are examined. Tasks are then designed and implemented, and reflections upon the learning that occurred are a focus intended to develop reflexive 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.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Collaborate as part of a mathematics teaching and learning team contributing and communicating in meaningful and effective ways to the work and professional learning of such teams

GLO2: Communication

GLO7: Teamwork

ULO2

Analyse and synthesise information regarding mathematics curricula, mathematics teaching approaches, students' learning and misconceptions

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Critically evaluate teaching and assessment resources, tasks and materials including digital tools and connective technologies (eg. dynamic mathematics software, graphics calculators and computer algebra systems, online interactive tools and digital connective learning environments)

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO3: Digital literacy

GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Synthesise information about students' cultures, mathematical 
dispositions and engagement and apply this knowledge when planning teaching and reflecting on student learning

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

GLO4: Critical thinking

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO5

Select, design and sequence mathematics learning tasks and lessons and prepare and critically reflect on their implementation with respect to student learning

GLO2: Communication

GLO5: Problem solving

ULO6

Take a resilient problem-solving approach to your research and reflection on practice to optimise on-going professional learning of mathematics teaching and learning

GLO5: Problem solving

GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1 - (Individual and Group) Evidence-Based Inquiry Essay, Rehearsal and Individual Reflections 2500 words Individual 35%, Group 15% Week 6
Assessment 2 - Theory Informing Practice 2500 words 50% Week 11

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 the unit can be found on the University Library via the link ESM724
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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