Teaching in primary schools:
mathematics
Introduction and contents ............................................................................................. 2
Teaching in primary schools: mathematics.............................................................. 3
About this course ................................................................................................. 3
Course materials....................................................................................................... 3
Teaching in primary schools: mathematics.......................................................... 3
Appendices ........................................................................................................... 4
Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................... 5
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Introduction and contents
The booklet provided here formed part of the Primary Post Graduate Certificate in
Education course which ran between 1994 and 1998. The Teaching in Primary
School: Mathematics booklet was designed to help student teachers understand the
issues surrounding teaching mathematic to primary pupils and provide some
strategies to aid their teaching.
Section 1: Perceptions of mathematics.
Section 2: Aims for primary mathematics teaching.
Section 3: Investigative learning.
Section 4: Planning mathematics in the primary curriculum.
Section 5: Play.
Section 6: Teaching and learning styles.
Section 7: Discussion and learning mathematics.
Section 8: Into the classroom.
Section 9: Mathematics and ….
Section 10: Assessment and record keeping.
Section 11: Section for mathematics specialists.
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Appendix 5
Appendix 6
Appendix 7
Appendix 8
References
Acknowledgements
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Further reading
Resource list for teaching ideas
After studying this unit you should be able to:
 This material is taken from a discontinued Open University course. It is intended
for re-purposing and re-use by educators rather than for use directly by learners.
Learning outcomes appropriate to the original course may be provided within the
material, but it is intended that educators will construct new learning outcomes
appropriate to the re-use they make of this material.
Teaching in primary schools: mathematics
About this course
Suggested study hours 50
Format pdf for 1 booklet
What's included
The original pack included audio and video support material which is not provided
here.
Within the OpenLearn Labspace area of the website you will also find other
material from the Primary PGCE course:
E880_2: Primary teaching in English
E880_3: Learning to teach reading
E880_4: Mentoring pack
Who is the course for?
The course is aimed at all Open University students.
Course materials
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Acknowledgements
This material is taken from The Open University's OpenLearn website. OpenLearn
provides free open educational resources for learners and educators around the
world under a Creative Commons licence. Third party materials have been removed
but for ease of use the original acknowledgements copy has been included. For the
online version of this unit and for other free educational resources across a range of
topics, please go to http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php.
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