This course focuses on empowering course participants to write teachable lesson plans and programme of study pertaining to three key domains of secondary mathematics curriculum: elementary expressions and functions depicting changes and relationships; and coordinates, synthetic and dynamic geometry; special topics of mathematical investigations. Due attention is paid on professional treatment of a number of issues that have a bearing on successful meaningful student learning: educational objectives in accordance with key stages of secondary education; mathematical literacy, competencies, and thinking underpinning various pedagogic and instructional models; history of development of mathematics in different cultures; psychology of mathematics learning, particularly for Chinese learners and different gender; use of calculators and ICT tools for mathematics education; and good balance of assessment of learning and assessment for learning.

CILO-1: Describe and identify learning difficulties of children in five mathematical domains (number and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis and probability) and illustrate the related teaching strategies. CILO-2: Apply teaching and learning theories related to mathematical problem solving, mathematical modelling, etc. CILO-3: Apply those knowledge and theories learnt to write lesson plans, do trial teaching, and modify the lesson plans so that it will be more effective to improve students' achievement.