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Mathematics education
Vice-Chancellory
Open Universities Australia (Curtin)

Unit Outline

311803 EDP136 Mathematics Education 1
OpenUnis SP 2, 2013
Unit study package number:

311803

Mode of study:

Area External

Credit Value:

25.0

Pre-requisite units:

Nil

Co-requisite units:

Nil

Anti-requisite units:

Nil

Result type:

Grade/Mark

Approved incidental fees:

Information about approved incidental fees can be obtained from our website. Visit f ees.curtin.edu.au/incidental_fees.cfm for details.

Unit coordinator:

Name:
Phone:
Email:
Building:
Room:
Consultation
times:

Alanna Webb
Off Campus
Alanna.Webb@curtin.edu.au
501
Off Campus
Via email only. Emails will be checked daily and at least once on weekends.

Administrative contact:

Name:
Phone:
Email:
Building:

OUA General Enquiries
+61 8 9266 7590 hum.educationOUA@curtin.edu.au 501, Bentley Campus. 8:30am 4:30pm (WST)

Learning Management System:

Blackboard (lms.curtin.edu.au)

Teaching Staff:

311803 EDP136 Mathematics Education 1
OUA
21 May 2013
Open Universities Australia (Curtin), Vice-Chancellory

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CRICOS Provider Code
WA 00301J, NSW 02637B

Vice-Chancellory
Open Universities Australia (Curtin)

Acknowledgement of Country
We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous Elders, custodians, their descendants and kin of this land past and present.

Syllabus
Theories of learning related to Mathematics teaching. A focus on geometry and measurement. Development of personal mathematics content knowledge.

Introduction
This unit is the first in a series of units focused upon the Mathematics learning area in primary schools. The modules of this unit will provide you with an overview of issues related to how children learn mathematics, along with related teaching and curriculum practices. The Measurement and Geometry strand of the Australian Curriculum will be the main context for your learning. The unit will provide an

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