School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Mathematics Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    MSE6711
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Angela KELLY

Description

This unit provides an introduction to the teaching and learning of lower secondary school mathematics. The fundamentals of learning theory will be practically applied to the specific teaching of mathematics. Activities for promoting participation will be introduced, and students will have the opportunity to plan a variety of mathematics lessons, assessments and activities consistent with the scope and sequence of the Australian Curriculum (AC). Pedagogy will encourage the development of an appreciation of mathematics as a useful and creatively interesting area of study, by regularly incorporating mathematical investigation into classroom learning. Useful teaching resources and tools will be demonstrated and their classroom applications explored. The mathematical content covered will include the AC strands Number and Algebra, Statistics and Probability and Measurement and Geometry, with consistent coverage of the AC proficiency strands also. Years 7 to 10 will be the focus, but some reference will also be made to important mathematical concepts established in the preceding primary years.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MSE6601, MSE4101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe the use and importance of open-ended investigations in promoting significant learning, and the purpose of the proficiency strands in the Australian Curriculum.
  2. Develop and use a range of assessment strategies both for formative and summative assessment purposes.
  3. Distinguish between traditional and more student-centred teaching approaches.
  4. Explain the content and intention of the Australian Curriculum for mathematics.
  5. Explain the relevance of constructivist learning theory to the mathematics classroom.
  6. Plan mathematics lessons that embody the meaningful use of a variety of teaching strategies and learning tools, and that include engaging and relevant lesson introductions and effective conclusions.
  7. Recognise indicators of some specific and common mathematics learning misconceptions, particularly in relation to mathematical language and symbolism.

Unit Content

  1. A guided process of familiarisation for using the Australian Curriculum.
  2. How to access and use relevant textual and interactive teaching resources.
  3. How to employ a variety of assessment strategies, both for the purposes of ongoing instruction and the continuous evaluation of student progress.
  4. Lesson planning and its key components, and using current curriculum documents to inform this.
  5. Practical uses of constructivist theory in the classroom.
  6. Strategies for addressing learning difficulties associated with mathematical language and symbolism, especially concerning beginning algebra.
  7. Teaching and learning using mathematical investigations, and historical features of mathematics.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 110 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered10 x 3 hour seminar

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Blackboard documents and materials, Collaborative group work and discussion, Professional reading, Independent study, Use of multi-media technology.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportWorking mathematically60%
Case StudyStudent learning40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

MSE6711|2|1

School: Education

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Mathematics Education Foundations
  • Unit Code

    MSE6711
  • Year

    2021
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    10
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Angela KELLY

Description

This unit provides an introduction to the teaching and learning of lower secondary school mathematics. The fundamentals of learning theory will be practically applied to the specific teaching of mathematics. Activities for promoting participation will be introduced, and students will have the opportunity to plan a variety of mathematics lessons, assessments and activities consistent with the scope and sequence of the Australian Curriculum (AC). Pedagogy will encourage the development of an appreciation of mathematics as a useful and creatively interesting area of study, by regularly incorporating mathematical investigation into classroom learning. Useful teaching resources and tools will be demonstrated and their classroom applications explored. The mathematical content covered will include the AC strands Number and Algebra, Statistics and Probability and Measurement and Geometry, with consistent coverage of the AC proficiency strands also. Years 7 to 10 will be the focus, but some reference will also be made to important mathematical concepts established in the preceding primary years.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MSE6601, MSE4101

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe the use and importance of open-ended investigations in promoting significant learning, and the purpose of the proficiency strands in the Australian Curriculum.
  2. Develop and use a range of assessment strategies both for formative and summative assessment purposes.
  3. Distinguish between traditional and more student-centred teaching approaches.
  4. Explain the content and intention of the Australian Curriculum for mathematics.
  5. Explain the relevance of constructivist learning theory to the mathematics classroom.
  6. Plan mathematics lessons that embody the meaningful use of a variety of teaching strategies and learning tools, and that include engaging and relevant lesson introductions and effective conclusions.
  7. Recognise indicators of some specific and common mathematics learning misconceptions, particularly in relation to mathematical language and symbolism.

Unit Content

  1. A guided process of familiarisation for using the Australian Curriculum.
  2. How to access and use relevant textual and interactive teaching resources.
  3. How to employ a variety of assessment strategies, both for the purposes of ongoing instruction and the continuous evaluation of student progress.
  4. Lesson planning and its key components, and using current curriculum documents to inform this.
  5. Practical uses of constructivist theory in the classroom.
  6. Strategies for addressing learning difficulties associated with mathematical language and symbolism, especially concerning beginning algebra.
  7. Teaching and learning using mathematical investigations, and historical features of mathematics.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECUs LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 110 x 3 hour seminarNot Offered10 x 3 hour seminar

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Blackboard documents and materials, Collaborative group work and discussion, Professional reading, Independent study, Use of multi-media technology.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportWorking mathematically60%
Case StudyStudent learning40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

MSE6711|2|2