EDC 775 - Methods of Teaching Mathematics II

3 Credit(s) This course is designed to provide students with the training to be a teacher of Mathematics at the middle or high school level my continuing and extending the conversations and learning begun in EDC 774 . It will offer a general study of the background and philosophies of teaching Mathematics, with a focus on methods and materials in the classroom, curriculum issues and professional concerns, analysis of the teaching/learning processes, reinforcement of national standards and the Massachusetts Common Core, and an introduction to the appropriate professional organization requirements. Three lecture hours per week. Field-based assignments are required.

Pre-requisite: Permission of the department chairperson and acceptance into the licensure program.

Co-requisite: EDC 763