MAE576 : Methods of teaching mathematics / Faculty of Education

As the era of reform education continues, it becomes essentially important that we develop a conceptually rich understanding of what effective mathematics teaching is and how to foster it. A major part of this course centers on the teaching process itself and takes into account many inextricably linked ideas, including the ways in which student learns mathematics, the nature of mathematics to be taught, underlying social condition, and the many constraints placed directly or indirectly on classroom teachers. The content of this course is designed, basically, to perturb teachers’ thinking, provide a vision of teaching and ideas to implement these visions.