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

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?