Numeracy Across the Curriculum
Duration
- One semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 24 hours face to face+blended+Swinburne online
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
Prerequisites
EDU70010 Mathematics in Primary School
and
EDU60015 Supervised Professional Experience 1
OR
EDU60044 Supervised Professional Experience 1
EDU60015 Supervised Professional Experience 1
OR
EDU60044 Supervised Professional Experience 1
Aims and objectives
This unit provides pre-service teachers with a range of skills and understandings related to numeracy that are now a standard component of the contemporary curriculum environment in Australian schools. By engaging in student-directed inquiry into a range of curriculum areas, pre-service teachers will develop and articulate understanding of the numeracy demands and conventions of these areas, and plan for numeracy development within their subject teaching.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Critically analyse the teaching of numeracy and its application across the curriculum
2. Differentiate between formal and informal numeracy learning and thinking.
3. Construct processes and experiences that develop numeracy capabilities within and beyond disciplinary areas.
4. Critically review numeracy conventions and demands associated with specific curriculum areas and societal expectations.
5. Design various teaching tools, using a range of media as appropriate, for developing children’s mathematical understandings and numeracy practices.
2. Differentiate between formal and informal numeracy learning and thinking.
3. Construct processes and experiences that develop numeracy capabilities within and beyond disciplinary areas.
4. Critically review numeracy conventions and demands associated with specific curriculum areas and societal expectations.
5. Design various teaching tools, using a range of media as appropriate, for developing children’s mathematical understandings and numeracy practices.
Courses with unit
MA-TEAPRI2 Master of Teaching (Primary)
MA-TEAPRI3 Master of Teaching (Primary)
MA-TEAPRI3 Master of Teaching (Primary)
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Live Online Lecture | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| On Campus Class (Seminar) | 2 | 12 | 24 |
Specified Activities Various | 4 | 12 | 48 |
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 5.5 | 12 | 66 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Swinburne Online
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Online Contact Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.5 | 12 | 150 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Report | Individual | 50% | 1, 2, 3 |
Planning Analysis | Individual | 50% | 4, 5 |
Content
• What is numeracy? What does it mean to be numerate?
• Numeracy as a general capability
• Numeracy across the curriculum
• Mathematical literacy
• Numeracy concepts and skills
• Numeracy strategies and activities
• Effective teaching of numeracy
• Effective assessment of numeracy
• Relevant national and/or state or territory curriculum
• Numeracy as a general capability
• Numeracy across the curriculum
• Mathematical literacy
• Numeracy concepts and skills
• Numeracy strategies and activities
• Effective teaching of numeracy
• Effective assessment of numeracy
• Relevant national and/or state or territory curriculum
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials will be made available in the Unit Outline.