Handbook

This course provides preservice teachers with fundamental knowledge about engagement with, and discussions about, mathematical concepts which have been shown to be relatively challenging for students to understand. Concepts, aligning with the NSW syllabus include: proportional reasoning that underpins understanding of fractions, decimals, percentage, scale, similarity, and probability; variation and uncertainty; and generalisation. These concepts are relevant across the number and algebra, measurement and space, and statistics and probability curriculum strands. Preservice teachers will deepen their procedural knowledge and conceptual understanding of these mathematical concepts with an emphasis on building their confidence, and appreciation of the interconnected nature of mathematical content and the role of mathematics as a critical tool to address problems of global significance as well as personal relevance.