This two year program is designed for elementary and middle school teachers who wish to:
examine multiple perspectives on teaching and learning of mathematics, explore interconnection between mathematic and numeracy, and to enhance their own personal problem solving skills.
This MEd program is designed around the definition of numeracy as 'mathematics in action'. As such, the program is designed on the principle that mathematics is best learned, and hence, best taught through an emphasis on 'doing' mathematics. Thus, the program seeks to:
a) Change the enrollee's conceptions of what mathematics is both through personal experience and the examination of contemporary mathematics education literature.
b) Help the enrollees to construct an understanding of numeracy through the examination of educational literature, curriculum documents, as well as a multi-dimensional survey of the utility of mathematics.
c) Facilitate a transformation of educational practice to one that will be commensurate with the newly evolving understandings of mathematics and numeracy.




