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