Undergraduate course. Provides students with the opportunity to integrate theory and practice in real classroom setting. Close collaboration between the course instructor, teaching practice supervisors and the participating schools allows us to plan and organize different learning activities for our students. In doing so, students will be able to develop a working relationship with the … Continue reading EDUC 4030D – Teaching Practice (I)

Undergraduate course. This course is designed to familiarize students with the nature of action research in reflective and critical perspectives. This course also aims at familiarizing learners with the theoretical and practical aspects of action research as applied to mathematics education and with different types of data collection and analysis in a classroom setting. (Spring … Continue reading BMED 4510 – Action Research in Mathematics Classroom

Graduate course. This course is designed to extend participants’ understanding about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics) education by drawing substantially on the theories and research findings in STEAM education. It examines the current status, prospects and research developments of STEAM education with regard to students’ learning process, discipline discourse, teaching and teacher … Continue reading PEDU 6126 – Selected Topics in STEAM Education and Research

Undergraduate course. This course is intended to strengthen students' pedagogical content knowledge for preparation of mathematics lessons and classroom techniques through micro-teaching, with special attention on the use of information and communication technology; tool-based mathematics tasks and activities; cross-disciplinary mathematics-related activities (including STEM); and professional development of mathematics teachers. (Fall 2018)

Graduate course. The conception of teachers as reflective practitioners and as transformative intellectuals has gained wide recognition in the field of education. This course is designed to familiarize students with the nature of action research in reflective and critical perspectives. It also aims to provide students with guidelines in developing their own action research plans … Continue reading PEDU 6406 – Action Research in Education

Undergraduate course. Focuses on the understanding and cultivation of number and number sense, school children’s learning of basic quantitative skills, from counting objects to the four rules of arithmetic, both in exact calculations and in estimation. Related topics include: mathematics content knowledge, psychology of learning, pedagogical approaches, and epistemological relationships between mathematical concepts involved. (Fall 2016; … Continue reading BMED 3060 – Teaching of number and number sense

Graduate course. This course offers an introduction to the theoretical aspects of mathematics teaching and learning in face of the challenge from the ever-changing mathematics curriculum. It will provide an overview of both cognitive and socio-psychological issues involved in both the teaching and the learning of mathematics from the perspective of contemporary mathematics education research … Continue reading MAED 6161 – Teaching and Learning Mathematics in the Changing Curriculum