On successful completion of this module students will:
1. Have gained substantial experience of working in an unfamiliar and complex working environment
2. Have developed their skills in communication, presentation, collaboration, and essay and report-writing.
3. Be able to assess and devise appropriate ways to communicate a mathematical topic, principle, or concept by:
a) Building on and/or developing their pedagogical content knowledge
b) Building on and/or developing their content knowledge as relevant to the post-primary curriculum
c) Developing their skills in constructing a mathematics lesson or workshop
4. Have gained a broad understanding of many key aspects of teaching mathematics
5. Have gained an understanding of assessing student learning.
6. Have familiarised themselves with research in mathematics education
7. Have developed their ability to critically reflect on events.

Mathematics pedagogy
Post-primary mathematics
Mathematical Content Knowledge
Teaching and learning - theory and practice
Problem Solving Approach

To gain access to a place on this module one must complete an application and undergo an interview process. Students should not enrol in this module until this interview has taken place and he/she has been offered a place on the module. If you are interested in taking this module you must contact the module coordinator for details on how to apply and closing date for applications etc.

Ideally the student should be in his or her third or fourth year and have taken several mathematics modules as part of his or her undergraduate programme. It is also very desirable that the student has good grades in these mathematics modules.

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

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