Courses :: Module, MATHEMATICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ENQUIRY 1

	Overview
	With a clear focus on the early years in the primary school, this module is designed to prepare and equip student teachers for the provision of quality teaching and learning of Mathematics and Science for all pupils. As part of this module, student teachers will have opportunities to actively learn from experienced HEI lecturers about relevant and innovate methodologies, appropriate to the teaching of Mathematics and Science. Theories of emergent numeracy, number acquisition, and mathematical and scientific teaching and learning appropriate to Junior Infants to 2nd class will be examined. Student teachers will engage meaningfully with Treoraithe on school placement with regard to the teaching of Mathematics and Science. The student teacher shall, through the use of their Taisce, demonstrate an understanding of Mathematics and Science education as applicable to school placement. The creation of an enquiry-based and independent learning environment involving the utilisation of indoor and outdoor environments in keeping with Froebelian philosophy to promote STEM is emphasised in this module. Linkage and integration across curriculum subjects, particularly through project work will be explored to promote an enquiry based, emergent curriculum. Methodologies such as station teaching, guided discovery, fieldwork, hands-on learning, development of subject-based vocabulary and questioning, linkage and integration, problem solving, hands-on activities and games, investigation table and displays, reflective practice, outdoor learning, digital learning and children�s literature will be utilised. Methods of pupil recording, documentation and assessment of pupils� work including self and peer evaluation will be explored to support quality teaching and learning for all pupils. Significant emphasis is placed on education for sustainable development and greater sustainable practices. There is demonstrable integration of environmentally sustainable practice in teaching and learning rooted in the principle of care for others and the planet, throughout the module. Links to Mathematics Competency modules will be explicitly made.

Overview

With a clear focus on the early years in the primary school, this module is designed to prepare and equip student teachers for the provision of quality teaching and learning of Mathematics and Science for all pupils.
As part of this module, student teachers will have opportunities to actively learn from experienced HEI lecturers about relevant and innovate methodologies, appropriate to the teaching of Mathematics and Science. Theories of emergent numeracy, number acquisition, and mathematical and scientific teaching and learning appropriate to Junior Infants to 2nd class will be examined.
Student teachers will engage meaningfully with Treoraithe on school placement with regard to the teaching of Mathematics and Science. The student teacher shall, through the use of their Taisce, demonstrate an understanding of Mathematics and Science education as applicable to school placement.
The creation of an enquiry-based and independent learning environment involving the utilisation of indoor and outdoor environments in keeping with Froebelian philosophy to promote STEM is emphasised in this module. Linkage and integration across curriculum subjects, particularly through project work will be explored to promote an enquiry based, emergent curriculum. Methodologies such as station teaching, guided discovery, fieldwork, hands-on learning, development of subject-based vocabulary and questioning, linkage and integration, problem solving, hands-on activities and games, investigation table and displays, reflective practice, outdoor learning, digital learning and children�s literature will be utilised.
Methods of pupil recording, documentation and assessment of pupils� work including self and peer evaluation will be explored to support quality teaching and learning for all pupils.
Significant emphasis is placed on education for sustainable development and greater sustainable practices. There is demonstrable integration of environmentally sustainable practice in teaching and learning rooted in the principle of care for others and the planet, throughout the module.
Links to Mathematics Competency modules will be explicitly made.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Demonstrate a working knowledge of teaching and learning of the Primary School Curriculum of Mathematics and Science for Junior Infants to 2nd class along with the themes, principles and aims of Aistear: The Early Childhood Curriculum Framework informed by a Froebelian approach. Demonstrate the content, pedagogical knowledge, and vocabulary of mathematics and science necessary for teaching in primary school along with Emergent Numeracy and Numeracy Acquisition Theories in practice. Utilise a range of methodologies specific to mathematical and scientific enquiry in Junior Infants to 2nd classes (including use of ICT and the Outdoor Environment). Review, select and use appropriate resources and materials for teaching and learning mathematics and science appropriate for Junior Infants to 2nd class with reference to their Taisce and in discussion with HEI lecturers. Create and utilise an enquiry-based environment and consistently encourage an enquiry-based culture indoors and outdoors, appropriate for Junior Infants to 2nd class. Explore and facilitate the use of playful, innovative, and place-based pedagogies in mathematical and scientific learning. Facilitate and develop the use of Froebelian approaches in Junior or Senior Infant classrooms. Embed the Froebelian principles of The Uniqueness of Each Child, Unity and Interconnectedness, Play, The Integrity of Childhood in its Own Right, The Rights of Children, and an Ecological Perspective of Humankind in the Natural World into their practice.

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