This new edition has been fully updated to incorporate the latest research and thinking in this area. This textbook is ideal for those training to be teachers through an undergraduate or PGCE route, those training for Early Years Professional Status, and those studying early childhood on foundation or honours degrees. It will be an essential text for any early years practitioner looking to make mathematics interesting, exciting, and engaging in their classroom.
Key Features
- Why mathematics is important as a way of making sense of the world
- Influence of attitudes to mathematics on teaching and learning
- How children learn mathematics and what they are capable of learning
- Support of technology in maths teaching
- Understanding maths phobia and the impact society has on maths teaching
- Material on sorting, matching, and handling data
- Importance of educating about finance in today’s world
- Ideas for observation and questioning to assess children’s understanding
- Examples of planned activities
- Suggestions for language development
- Assessment criteria
Additional Information
This textbook is also suitable for parents looking to explore how their young children learn mathematics.
Specifications
Author(s) Biography:
- Ann Montague-Smith was formerly Principal Lecturer in Primary Education at University College Worcester, UK.
- Tony Cotton was previously Associate Dean and Head of Education at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. Since 2012, he has been working as a freelance writer and education consultant. Tony has over 15 years’ experience teaching maths education and 10 years’ experience teaching mathematics in schools.
- Alice Hansen worked extensively in England and abroad as a primary school teacher, Principal Lecturer in Initial Teacher Education, author and consultant before becoming the director of Children Count Ltd, a highly successful educational consultancy business.
- Alison J. Price is a former Principal Lecturer in Primary Teacher Education at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
