Elementary & Middle School Teaching Methods: Math

Welcome

This site contains materials for the 5-week mini-course ELED 422: Elementary and Middle School Teaching Methods I: Mathematics. This course is designed for those with no preparation in teaching mathematics and should be taken prior to the professional internship year for elementary or middle grades. 

9:10 AM to 12:20PM

Bailey Education Complex (BEC) 424

2024 Class Dates   

                                   Week 1: Mon, February 26

      Week 2: Mon,  March 4

                                  Week 3: Mon, March 18 

                                  Week 4: Mon, March 25

                                 Week 5: Mon, April  1

This mini-course is designed to introduce you to methods and materials for teaching elementary and middle school mathematics. Emphasis is placed on investigating the mathematics subject matter you will teach and on planning and implementing student-centered, problem-based mathematics lessons. In this course, you will begin to develop: (1) a more robust understanding of the mathematics you will teach; (2) pedagogical knowledge and strategies for teaching mathematics lessons to diverse students; and (3) an awareness of how social, historical, and institutional contexts affect mathematics teaching and learning. 

Faculty Contact Information

Instructor:  Charles E. Flowers, Jr. 

Office location:  Jessie W. Harris Building, Room 102A

Contact information: cflower1@vols.utk.edu

Office hours (virtual or face-to-face):  by appointment 

©Frances K. Harper, 2019
Original course design by Frances K. Harper, PhD. http://francesharper.com