Mathematics Teaching

Code: PED11447M

6 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours

Scientific Area: Education Sciences

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Presentation

The mathematical learning that children of the first ages, up to 10 years old, should have the opportunity to do are the focus of this UC, which analyzes current curricular guidelines and how to develop them, based on research in mathematics education, in a perspective of mathematics for all.

Sustainable Development Goals

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Igualdade de género - Alcançar a igualdade de gênero e empoderar todas as mulheres e meninas.

Reduzir as desigualdades - Reduzir as desigualdades dentro dos países e entre eles.

Learning Goals

O1. Develop the ability to adopt a critical perspective on the curricular guidelines for maths education in the early years of schooling in Portugal in the 21st century
O2. Know current research recommendations on the teaching, assessment and learning of maths in the early years
O3. Know different models for teaching, assessing and learning maths, identifying their implications for children's mathematical learning.
O4. Know the cognitive processes involved in learning elementary maths
O5. Know basic ideas about the development of children's transversal mathematical abilities
O6. Plan valid maths teaching, assessment and learning experiences, with diversified tasks and appropriate resources, favouring an exploratory maths teaching approach
O7. Develop the ability to reflect on maths teaching practices with a view to regulating them

C1. Models of teaching, assessing and learning maths: from direct teaching to exploratory teaching; educational purposes of the 21st century
C2. Mathematical tasks: classification and functions; cognitive level of tasks
C3. Dynamics of the exploratory maths lesson: nature of the tasks; communication in the classroom; the teacher's role in managing the lesson and promoting teaching, assessment and student learning
C4. Mathematical themes and emphasis: Number (number sense); Geometry (spatial sense); Measurement (process of measuring, informal units); Statistics (counts and representations); Algebra (regularities)
C5. Planning the teaching, assessment and learning of maths: the importance of planning; the fundamental elements of planning; learning paths according to the syllabus guidelines
C6. Reflection on teaching, assessment and learning: analysing students' mathematical output to regulate practices

Teaching Methods

The methodologies provide for the student to have the opportunity to carry out various tasks, of a diverse nature, and include different forms of work, enabling relevant learning based on reflection on problems in the field of mathematics education, autonomous individual and group work, research and reading of texts (contact with research), oral communication (discussion and argumentation) based on the presentation of work carried out in small groups, reflection on the work carried out based on feedback from teachers and colleagues, relating learning to kindergarten classroom contexts. Continuous assessment is a teaching and learning strategy, since it is anchored in continuous feedback to students.Email and moodle are privileged resources for organizing and accessing learning materials and communicating with the teacher and colleagues

Assessment

Assessment follows the stipulations of the EU Academic Regulations (Order No. 7/2019)

Continuous assessment
This system aims to promote a formative assessment approach throughout the semester and, naturally, includes various elements collected at different times and focusing on the different topics covered in the course. Assessment elements will include:
A- Participation in activities (10%);
B- Group work, guided by a script, which includes a written report and presentation and discussion in (50%);
C- Individual written work, guided by a script (40%).
To obtain the final grade: NF= (10xA + 50xB + 40xC)/100
In any of the assessment tasks listed in B and C, the mark cannot be less than ten.

Assessment by final exam
The exam involves a written test which covers all the syllabus content and a practical test which involves solving practical tasks.