1.2 Teacher beliefs about being numerate
Referring back to your weekly learning outcomes, by the end of this topic, you will be able to:
- argue what the characteristics are of highly effective teaching of numeracy.
Activity: Beliefs about effective numeracy teaching
Activity: Beliefs about effective numeracy teaching
Review Developing a capacity to teach numeracy of the Numeracy Guide to read the 'Effective teaching of numeracy' section and answer the following questions:
- Do you identify more with the connectionist, transmission or discovery beliefs?
- What impact do your beliefs have on how you teach students to become numerate?