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Lecturer(s)
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Wossala Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Dofková Radka, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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System of secondary school didactics of mathematics, common trends in teaching mathematics. Analysis of certain topics included in the curricula: Number and numerical operations (natural and positive rational numbers, numerical calculations in the field of natural numbers). Dependencies, relations and work with data (functions and relations in school mathematics, the foundations of statistics and stochastics). Plane and space geometry (simple geometric shapes in plane and space and relationships between them, perimeters, areas, and volumes of solids). Non-standard application tasks and problems (motivational educational games and tasks, the use of heuristic methods at solving non-standard tasks).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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Students will acquire basic sources of knowledge for later use in motivating their pupils.In this course of study, the students gain competence to easily deal with the learning environment of the primary school mathematics lessons, to manage pupils' work, to evaluate the training results, and to creatively modify the teaching methods that they apply in mathematics lessons, in compliance with the age, mental, and social needs of their pupils.
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Prerequisites
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The successful completion of the course is conditioned by the mastery of basic mathematical skills acquired in the courses of study and by the ability of the student to apply the aforementioned skills within the context of didactics.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Seminar Work
Active participation in seminars, preparation of a seminar work on the topic related to school mathematics, its presentation in the seminar (in PowerPoint).
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Recommended literature
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Dítě, škola a matematika.
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Kuřina, F. (2011). Matematika a porozumění světu. Praha.
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