Course Description
This course focuses on empowering course participants to write teachable lesson plans and programme of study pertaining to two key domains of secondary mathematics curriculum: numbers and algebra; and statistics and probabilities. 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.
Intended Learning Outcomes
CILO-1: Explain the theories lying behind a variety of teaching models (e.g., inquiry-based teaching method, heuristic teaching method, etc.).
CILO-2: Illustrate the processes of those teaching models through writing teachable lesson plans, doing trial teaching, and modifying the lesson design.
CILO-3: Creatively integrate those teaching models based on the characteristics of topics, students' characteristics, as well as the resources that are available.