Teaching Mathematics: A Handbook for Primary and Secondary School Teachers

✍ Scribed by Pamela Cowan

• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 270
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A practical introduction to Maths teaching designed specifically for beginning teachers in primary and secondary schools. It brings together the latest DfES and TTA guidelines and requirements with authoritative guidance, ensuring that readers feel confident about how to approach their role as a teacher. This book explores key issues in maths teaching today, including: planning and classroom management assessment, recording and reporting information and communication technology investigative mathematics equal opportunities, special needs and differentiation key skills and alternative mathematics qualifications being an effective maths teacher personal and professional development in the early stages of a teaching career.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Series......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
1 Learning to teach......Page 9
Part I Setting the scene for teaching mathematics......Page 21
2 Teaching for understanding: mathematical knowledge or enquiry......Page 22
3 National Curriculum for mathematics......Page 37
Part II The ‘bigger picture’ in teaching mathematics......Page 64
5 Being an effective mathematics teacher......Page 65
6 Classroom management and working with pupils......Page 78
7 Misconceptions in maths......Page 95
8 The role of ICT in the mathematics classroom......Page 105
Part III In the maths classroom......Page 122
9 Using maths resources......Page 123
10 Mathematics in the primary school......Page 165
11 Investigations and problem-solving in GCSE coursework......Page 180
12 Key Skills and mathematics......Page 194
13 Teaching mathematics and special educational needs (SEN)......Page 207
14 Assessment......Page 221
Part IV Personal and professional development......Page 243
15 Getting your first teaching post......Page 244
16 The early years of teaching......Page 253
References......Page 257
Index......Page 264