Learning Outcomes:
Students will learn to:
• Consider Mathematics as a valuable subject contributing to learners’ sense of identity, scientific literacy, and decision-making capabilities
• Design engaging and accessible lessons that build on research and are employed through their own classroom practice
• Undertake research of curriculum materials in devising their own lessons
• Present and share ideas with colleagues
• Collaborate in developing classroom environments that develop learners’ knowledge and skills in an equitable setting, meet students where they are in their learning and design formative assessment approaches
• Critically reflect on their teaching and learning as a student teacher of Mathematics
Indicative Module Content:
Pedagogical content will include:
• Junior and Senior Cycle topics such as:
a. Foundations of a sense of number
b. Algebraic representation & patterns
c. Geometry and Spatial Concepts
d. Generating formulae
e. Introducing the concept of ‘proof’