Engaging Primary Children in Mathematics

by Sangster, Margaret

• ISBN13: 9781472580269
• ISBN10: 1472580265
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2016-02-25
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

Effective teaching is a combination of technical skills and knowledge but good teachers also need to understand how children learn and how they can most effectively be taught. Engaging Primary Children in Mathematics explores the various strategies for engaging children in mathematical learning in the light of theory and practice and is designed to talk straight to the teacher/student about their classroom approach to the teaching of primary mathematics.

The importance of creating a learning environment in which children can learn to be young mathematicians, where they can explore, create and solve problems, cannot be underestimated. Margaret Sangster explores how students and practitioners can develop their practice by reviewing a range of approaches to the teaching of mathematics and the development of those young mathematicians, with examples of thought-provoking activities to inform their own practice.

Author Biography

Margaret Sangster was formerly Principal Lecturer and Programme Director of the BA (Hons) in Primary Education at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. She worked for many years as a primary teacher, and as a mathematics advisory teacher before moving to Higher Education. She is the editor of Developing Teacher Expertise (Bloomsbury, 2012) and Challenging Perceptions in Primary Education (Bloomsbury, 2015), and author of several books on mathematics, primary and secondary teaching.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. How children learn mathematics
2. The teacher promoting mathematical learning
3. Ways of presenting the content of the primary school curriculum
4. Children's progress and achievement
5. Summary
References
Index