Key Issues In Mathematics Education

Subject 485-850 (2009)

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Credit Points: 25.00
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
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This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Semester 2, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 36 hours
Total Time Commitment: Not available
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements:

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Coordinator

Prof David John Clarke
Subject Overview: The consideration of issues affecting the direction of contemporary mathematics education. In particular, those issues specific to curricular developments in Victoria are distinguished from those which reflect national or international trends. Possible topics include: changing curricular content priorities; the impact of technology on the school mathematics curriculum; mathematical disadvantage within the school mathematics curriculum and in society in general; contemporary theories of mathematics learning and their implications for classroom practice; the assessment of mathematics learning and teaching in schools; the place of mathematics in the contemporary school curriculum and in the practices of the broader community.
Objectives: Information not available
Assessment: An oral presentation and accompanying 2,000 word paper (40 per cent) and a 6,000 word written project (60 per cent).
Prescribed Texts: None
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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