Today we finished off the theory part of the module as we continued on to discuss probability and the second part of fractions and decimal numbers. Looking back over the extent of the module it has really made me reflect on mu own education growing up and also how much i take for granted when trying to teach such basic concepts. It has also given me the knowledge that i will require to effectively help teach across the main ways in which i would need to teach these concepts to the pupils.
Category: Maths For Understanding
Reflection on what i learn during the course of the lectures and also the workshops which correspond to them
maths for understanding week 8/2/17
Today we began to work on decimal fractions and how we would teach it within a lesson. It allowed me to realise how basic things such as number lines and meter sticks. This is due to the fact that you can divide them up and teach them how each section represents a fraction of something much larger. It also allowed for me to understand how I was taught how to use my basic understanding of multiples and division to first of all understand how much each fraction represented and then convert them to a decimal number, but making sure not to make the mistakes of putting a number in the hundredths column instead of the tenths column.
Maths week beginning 23/1/17
Today we started to learn about the ways in which we could teach algebra in the classroom, and I must admit, this was an area that had surprised me at first as I had not expected this to come up until at least secondary school as it had for me. However, the methods we were being taught gave me a fresh insight into how maths has developed in primary schools since i left it 8 years ago and how it continues to branch out at a younger age, showing the progress made. In the workshop, we also did symmetry which I must admit was never a strong point of my own when I was growing up and is an area that I still struggle with to some extent today. However I plan to go away and research the topic so I can have a better understanding of what it is that I will be going out and teaching, as it remains a key area in the curriculum today.
