About the course:
Various approaches to making mathematics meaningful for, and accessible to intermediate and senior level students will be examined in the light of recent developments in the field and the new Ontario mathematics curriculum guidelines. Topics may include: Diversity and equity in secondary mathematics education, connecting mathematics to real life, increasing students’ understanding of mathematics, group explorations, problem solving and mathematical modeling, communicating about mathematics, integrating the use of graphic calculators and computer technology, authentic assessment.
About the blog:
The instructor and each student in the course will maintain a blog related to course readings, giving their personal reactions, comments, and questions. Students are also expected to read and respond to other people’s blog posts.
In addition, we will have a series of ‘guest bloggers’ – these are authors of some of the readings for the course who have kindly agreed to read and respond to some of your posts, and maybe to write something of their own!
