Creative Teaching of Primary Mathematics

This workshop adopts a learner-centred and lively approach. Through hands-on activities and visual scaffolding incorporating the concrete to abstract approach, this course will offer a meaningful and engaging learning experience, enabling the participants to view primary Mathematics as an active and interesting subject. Different approaches to teaching the primary mathematics will be demonstrated through creative process. Various types of mathematical games will be incorporated in the workshop to enable the teachers to implement it in their mathematics lessons in schools.

On completion of this module, participants will be able to:
• appreciate the motivational strategies in teaching primary mathematics;
• develop creative strategies by adopting the concrete to abstract approach in the teaching of primary mathematics using manipulatives;
• equip teachers with strategies for creative teaching of whole numbers, fraction and geometry within primary mathematics curriculum.
• equip teachers with skills to teach mathematics through fun activities so as to challenge them to think critically and creatively.
• incorporate creative open-ended tasks in the mathematics lessons so as to encourage critical and creative thinking.

Course Outline
• Approaches in Teaching Primary Mathematics
• Using Manipulatives in Teaching Primary Mathematics Topics
• Adopting Fun Activities in Teaching Whole Numbers, Fraction and Geometry
• Hand-On Activities in Teaching Primary Mathematics
• Strategies to engage pupils in learning Mathematics
• Incorporating creative open-ended tasks

Registration
25 to 26 May 2009 (2 days) ► Register for this run
Standard Fee: SGD$590.00
NTU Alumni: SGD$472.00 (20% discount)
Group (3 & above): SGD$531.00 (10% discount)
Time: 9.00am - 5.00pm
Venue: NTU@one-north campus, Executive Centre


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