Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics

4th Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-367-33205-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 348 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 678 g

Written by an experienced teacher and teacher educator with widespread experience of teaching mathematics in the UK and internationally, Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics combines pedagogy and subject knowledge to build confidence and equip you with all the skills and know-how you need to successfully teach mathematics to children of any age.

This fourth edition has been fully updated to reflect the latest research developments and initiatives in the field, including a brand-new chapter on ‘Mastery and mathematics’ and ‘The Singapore approach’ which reflects the current international interest in these approaches to learning and teaching mathematics. Extra features also include helpful callouts to the book’s revised and updated companion website, which offers a shared site with a range of resources relevant to both this book and its companion volume, Teaching for Mathematical Understanding.

Stimulating, accessible and well-illustrated, with comprehensive coverage of subject knowledge and pedagogy, Understanding and Teaching Primary Mathematics is an essential purchase for trainee and practising teachers alike.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cotton, Tony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Naturwissenschaften, Mathematik (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Teaching and Learning Primary Mathematics 2: What Should I Know? What Do I Know? 3: Recent developments in mathematics teaching: Teaching for mastery 4: Problem Solving Using Mathematics 5: Counting: place value; fractions, decimals and percentages 6: Knowing and using number facts 7: Calculation: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division 8: Algebra 9: Geometry: Properties of shapes; position and direction 10: Measurement 11: Statistics and Handling Data 12: Teaching and Learning Mathematics in the Early Years 13: Issues of Inclusion 14: ICT and the Use of Calculators in Teaching and Learning Mathematics

Über Autor(innen)

Tony Cotton was previously Associate Dean and Head of Education at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. Since 2012, he has been working as a freelance writer and education consultant. He has written widely for mathematics teachers and writes pupil textbooks. Tony has worked internationally developing curricula and running teacher workshops. He currently edits Mathematics Teaching, the journal of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics.