Numeracy in Early Childhood: Shared Contexts for Teaching & Learning

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-556702-1
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

This book demonstrates how early childhood practitioners can stimulate and facilitate numeracy education from infancy by listening, observing and responding to the mathematical content in children's in everyday life. Detailed observations of real life situations and dialogue assist pre-service teachers to make sense of mathematical meanings and teaching strategies. With reference to the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers' Standards of Excellence, current
early education teaching models and planning and assessment practices are examined. Mathematical concepts are simply explained to assist the readers' own conceptual knowledge, so that they can recognise the mathematics and support children in their numeracy development. The underlying theories and
current research into children's learning is used to examine children's acquisition of numerate identities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Macmillan, Agnes

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Lernen

Über Autor(innen)

Agnes Macmillan taught early mathematics/numeracy in early childhood teacher education courses over a number of years and has published and presented internationally in this area.