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Explores mathematics in a range of early childhood contexts, including home, playgroup, childcare, preschool, and school to help pre-service teachers increase confidence and build up a comprehensive professional identity as a mathematics educator.
Sommario
- Part 1: Framing the Teaching of Mathematics in Early Childhood Education
- Chapter 1: Introduction to early childhood mathematics education
- Chapter 2: Becoming an early childhood mathematics educator
- Chapter 3: Theoretical bases for early childhood mathematics education
- Chapter 4: Informal opportunities to learn about mathematics
- Chapter 5: Early childhood mathematics curricula
- Part 2: Approaches to Teaching Mathematics in Early Childhood Education
- Chapter 6: Educator roles in mathematics education
- Chapter 7: Working mathematically through powerful processes
- Chapter 8: Mathematics and transitions to school
- Chapter 9: Involving families in mathematics education
- Chapter 10: Strengths approaches to early childhood mathematics education
- Chapter 11: The relationship between assessment and planning
- Part 3: Content for Teaching Mathematics in Early Childhood Education
- Chapter 12: Patterns
- Chapter 13: Space and geometry
- Chapter 14: Measurement
- Chapter 15: Number and algebra
- Chapter 16: Data, statistics, and probability
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Amy MacDonald is the Associate Professor of Early Childhood Mathematics Education at Charles Sturt University. She is recognised and well-respected for her research in early childhood maths.
Riassunto
Explores mathematics in a range of early childhood contexts, including home, playgroup, childcare, preschool, and school to help pre-service teachers increase confidence and build up a comprehensive professional identity as a mathematics educator.
