D.El.Ed. First Year Mathematics and Mathematics Teaching notes
- D.El.Ed. (Diploma in Elementary Education) program.
- Focuses on Mathematics and mathematics teaching.
- First year course.
- State Council of Educational Research and Training, Chhattisgarh, Raipur.
Constitution of India
- Highlights the preamble, ensuring justice, liberty, equality, and fraternity for all citizens.
- Adopted on 26th November, 1949.
Course Details
- Publication Year: 2021.
- Course Coordinator: Dekeshwar Prasad Verma.
- Subject Coordinator: Dr. Sudhir Shrivastava.
- Gratitude to authors/publishers and institutions like IGNOU, NCERT, Vidya Bhavan Society Udaipur for contributing study material.
Foreword
- Emphasizes the importance of teacher education in shaping the future of the nation.
- Stresses the need for quality teacher preparation for improving education.
- Highlights the changing role of teachers as facilitators of learning, understanding children, and respecting their experiences.
- Advocates for radical changes in teacher education, focusing on understanding education, subjects, children's learning, and the relation between society and education.
Acknowledgements
- Acknowledges contributions from authors, publishers, IGNOU, NCERT, Vidya Bhavan Society Udaipur, and others.
- Expresses gratitude to colleagues involved in preparing the text material.
- Invites suggestions and criticisms for future improvements.
Unit 1: Innocent Math
- Lesson 1: What is mathematics and where did it come from? (pages 3-8)
- Lesson 2: Identify the Learners (pages 9-25)
- Lesson 3: Thoughts about the learner (pages 26-40)
- Comments on exercises of chapters 1, 2, and 3.
Unit 2: Counting is at the Root
- Lesson 4: How to teach counting (pages 49-63)
- Lesson 5: Units tens and beyond (pages 64-76)
Unit 3: First and Last Mathematics
- Lesson 6: Addition and subtraction (pages 82-97)
- Lesson 7: Multiply and divide (pages 98-116)
Unit 4: Pieces or Whole?
- Lesson 8: Parts of which whole (pages 124-133)
- Lesson 9: Varieties of fraction (pages 134-152)
- Lesson 10: Decimal (pages 153-168)
Unit 5: Sense of Place
- Lesson 11: Sense of place (pages 182-200)
- Lesson 12: Measuring angle (pages 201-215)
- Lesson 13: Start of measurement (pages 216-234)
Unit 6: Children and Math
- Lesson 14: Helping children learn math (pages 242-256)
- Lesson 15: Class work (pages 257-269)
- Lesson 16: Use of data (pages 273-284)
- Learning outcomes Classes 1 to 5 (pages 285-294)
Introduction to Unit 1
- Discusses mathematics in everyday life and its presence in nature.
- Addresses common negative attitudes towards math.
- Highlights the importance of understanding the deeper rules of the universe through mathematics.
- Encourages critical thinking and open-mindedness about the nature of mathematics.
Introduction to Unit 2
- This chapter discusses lesson on how to teach counting and its importance.
- Discuss the importance of mathematics and relate this to the real world
Introduction to Unit 3
- This chapter starts by describing small cultures that don't need to count past four, and how mathematics emerges from real-life necessity.
- The world of computer relies on the scale of just two digits (0 and 1).
Notes on Unit 1 exercises
- Examples of Mathematics around us, ratio and proportion. Distance from focal point, symmetry in floral arrangements, folk painting, clothing design, plants. Use of probability in daily conversations.
- Project work for children, puzzles that will help them realize maths is fun.
Notes on Unit 2 exercises
- Regrouping and combining concepts, problems with teaching, perceptual numbers. Child interaction with world.
- Class project observe students from class 1 - 5.
- Give examples of concepts that the children memorize without understanding.
Notes on Unit 3 exercises
- Understanding between tow teachers, understanding of learning, teaching methods, expectations from children.
- Show children something and wants htem to repeat, not being sympathetic towards children.
- Observe a child in the classroom and record what she is saying