Course Description
Planning lessons and units, facilitating discourse, and applying theories of learning and teaching. Students will explore how to create plans for student learning, use culturally appropriate pedagogies, negotiate classroom norms, use instructional technology appropriately, and apply their learning in an accompanying field experience.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students will be expected to complete additional
assignments that familiarize them with mathematics education
research and practice. Additional assignments will include
readings suitable for graduate students (e.g., articles from
high-impact research journals), and the students will be
expected to connect the advanced readings to their experiences
in the courses (e.g., conducting article syntheses of all
course readings; designing tasks that incorporate ideas from
their advanced readings).
Athena Title
Teach Second School Math III
Undergraduate Prerequisite
EMAT 4850/6850
Graduate Prerequisite
EMAT 4850/6850
Undergraduate Corequisite
EMAT 4910/6910 and EMAT 4900L/6900L
Graduate Corequisite
EMAT 4910/6910 and EMAT 4900L/6900L
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will learn to plan instruction for whole classes taking into consideration mathematical, social, and cultural needs of the students. Students will demonstrate appropriate questioning techniques to facilitate classroom discourse. Students will articulate rationales for various alternative pedagogies aimed at alleviating inequities in mathematics learning.
Topical Outline
•NCTM Principles, including teaching, curriculum, technology •Discourse and questioning, including facilitating discussions – Who do you call on? How do you select which work to focus on? •Classroom norms (working with a whole class) •Planning for instruction (lessons/units) •Tracking/equity in access •Equity vs. equality •Alternative approaches to pedagogy, including culturally responsive pedagogy, complex instruction, social justice •Appropriate use of instructional tools •Classroom organization and management •Synthesize theories of learning and teaching
Syllabus
Public CV