ESM725 - Mathematics Curriculum Inquiry Senior Years
Unit details
| Year: | 2022 unit information |
|---|---|
| Important Update: | Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates. Last updated: 4 March 2022 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Jill Brown |
| Cohort rule: | Students must be enrolled in course D304, D351, E377, E760, E763 or E765 |
| Prerequisite: | Students enrolled in course E763 or E765 commencing 2020, must pass unit EEE754 plus 1 unit from EEE755, EEE756, EPR731, EPR751 Students enrolled in course D351 or E377 must have completed either ESM424 or ESM724 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | EME425, ESM225, ESM425 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | Time engaging in learning activities is expected to total a combined equivalent of 8-10 hours per week. This includes engagement with materials, responses to tasks, independent study and 1 x 3-hour scheduled seminar per non-placement teaching week (approx. 6-9 weeks). |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Time engaging in learning activities is expected to total a combined equivalent of 8-10 hours per week. This includes engagement with materials, responses to tasks, regular forum posting and responding to others, scheduled synchronous online discussions and independent study during non-placement teaching weeks (approx. 6-9 weeks). It is highly recommended that you attend scheduled synchronous discussions in CloudDeakin throughout the trimester. |
Note:Student Equipment Purchases: Learning experiences and assessment activities in this unit require that students have access to a CAS-enabled calculator throughout the Trimester | |
Content
The unit simultaneously examines senior secondary years mathematics education as outlined in the senior secondary curriculum in Victoria and teaching approaches that optimise student learning of that content through inquiry.
Attention is paid to developing teacher ability to sequence mathematical topics to increase student opportunities to think autonomously; to strengthen the connections they make between areas of mathematical content, and the contexts to which this mathematics applies.
Assessment procedures are examined for the purpose of identifying how to increase student learning by progressive monitoring, and how to best assist students to meet assessment requirements. Design of assessment tasks is considered in the light of ways to monitor ongoing learning and how to assess in the second last year of schooling in ways that prepare students for assessment in their last year of secondary school.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Understand what it means to 'understand mathematics' | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO2 | Analyse literature to identify important pedagogical aspects, useful tasks, difficulties students encounter learning mathematics, and communicate your new understandings to others | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Work collaboratively to examine assessment tasks to identify what mathematical understandings they test, and communicate this analysis to others | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO7: Teamwork |
| ULO4 | Analyse assessment data to find what mathematical understandings require further attention, and plan lesson sequences to address this | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO5 | Identify and design tasks to increase mathematical understandings in particular areas, and communicate your rationale for task selection/design to others | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO6 | Implement mathematical problem-solving tasks in ways that elicit autonomous student thinking associated with constructing deep mathematical understandings | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 - Teaching for Understanding | 2000 words | 40% | Week 5 |
| Assessment 2 - Review of the Curriculum | 3000 words | 60% | Week 11 |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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