Title:
Teaching primary mathematics
Author:
Turner, Sylvia.
ISBN:
9780857028792
9780857028808
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
London : SAGE, 2013.
Physical Description:
xviii, 252 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: The 2012 Teaching Standards -- 1.Teachers as mathematicians -- Aims -- Introduction -- Beliefs and their effect on learning and teaching mathematics -- Subject knowledge -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- References -- Websites -- Further reading -- 2.The nature and language of mathematics -- Aims -- Introduction -- Mathematics in the school curriculum -- Historical overview -- The origins of mathematics -- Cross-curricular approaches to mathematics in the primary curriculum -- Language, structure and notation -- The hierarchical nature of mathematics -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- References -- Website -- Further reading -- 3.What do children really need to learn and why? -- Aims -- Introduction -- Curriculum -- Learning for all children -- Learning -- The nature of mathematics -- Fitness for purpose -- Developing a vision -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- References -- Further reading
Note continued: 4.What should teachers know and why? -- Alms -- Introduction -- Background subject knowledge -- Influence of beliefs on learning and teaching -- Pedagogical subject knowledge -- Learning for all children -- Curricular subject knowledge -- Two-way enhancement -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- References -- Websites -- Further reading -- 5.Teaching approaches -- Aims -- Introduction -- National agenda influences -- The influence of generic teaching and learning theories and ideas on mathematics -- Mathematical influences -- Influence of perceptions of mathematics -- Local influences -- teachers, children and their families -- Influence of meeting both national and local agendas -- Influences -- key points -- Teaching approaches -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- References -- Websites -- Further reading -- 6.Assessment and planning in mathematics -- Aims -- Introduction
Note continued: Society: professionalism and the evolution of assessment practice -- Society and teacher: accountability -- The teacher: subject knowledge and the role of assessment and planning in the teaching process -- Teacher/child engagement in assessment and planning -- The child and society: provision of the teaching workforce -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- References -- Further reading -- 7.Resources for mathematics -- Aims -- Introduction -- Teaching resources -- Representation -- Learning -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- References -- Websites -- Further reading -- 8.What can we learn from other countries? -- Aims -- Introduction -- International evidence of practice -- Significance of comparative data -- The PISA study -- The TIMSS -- Significance of international assessments -- Away forward -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- References -- Websites -- Further reading
Note continued: 9.Researching mathematics education -- a case study -- Aims -- Introduction -- Educational research -- Why do research? -- Beginning research -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- References -- Websites -- Further reading -- 10.Conclusion -- Aims -- Introduction -- Teaching primary mathematics -- Mathematics -- the curriculum of the future -- Stakeholders -- Pedagogy -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Review questions -- References -- Further reading -- Appendices -- 1.European Research Study -- 2.Reflection and `writing' a reflective journal.
Abstract:
Teaching Primary Mathematics covers what student teachers really need to know and why, including approaches to teaching and learning, planning and assessment, and using resources in maths teaching. It also provides a brief historical overview of the teaching of mathematics and examines strategies to enhance learning and develop as a confident mathematician in the primary classroom. Informed by seminal and current research and in touch with current developments in education policy, the book also explores: - The role of the mathematics within the primary curriculum - The development of mathematics as a subject of study - Different international approaches to mathematics education, and the lessons that can be learnt from them. This is essential reading for all students on primary initial teacher education courses including undergraduate (BEd, BA with QTS), postgraduate (PGCE, SCITT), and employment-based routes into teaching. Sylvia Turner is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the University of Winchester.