Numeracy Across the Curriculum
Overview
This unit provides pre-service teachers with a range of skills and understandings related to numeracy that are now a standard component of the contemporary curriculum environment in Australian schools. By engaging in student-directed inquiry into a range of curriculum areas, pre-service teachers will develop and articulate understanding of the numeracy demands and conventions of these areas, and plan for numeracy development within their subject teaching.
Requisites
Rule
EDU70010 Mathematics in Primary School
AND
EDU60044 Supervised Professional Experience 1
OR
EDU60015 Supervised Professional Experience 1
08-December-2024
15-June-2025
30-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Critically analyse the teaching of numeracy and its application across the curriculum
- Differentiate between formal and informal numeracy learning and thinking
- Construct processes and experiences that develop numeracy capabilities within and beyond disciplinary areas
- Critically review numeracy conventions and demands associated with specific curriculum areas and societal expectations.
- Design various teaching tools, using a range of media as appropriate, for developing children’s mathematical understandings and numeracy practices.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live Online Lecture | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Specified Activities Various | 4.00 | 12 weeks | 48 |
| Unspecified Activities Various | 5.50 | 12 weeks | 66 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Swinburne Online
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.50 | 12 weeks | 150 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Analysis | Individual | 50% | 4,5 |
| Report | Individual | 50% | 1,2,3 |
Content
- What is numeracy? What does it mean to be numerate
- Numeracy as a general capability
- Numeracy across the curriculum
- Mathematical literacy
- Numeracy concepts and skills
- Numeracy strategies and activities
- Effective teaching of numeracy
- Effective assessment of numeracy
- Relevant national and/or state or territory curriculum
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.