Syllabus
The syallus consists of any of the following topics. It will be specified at the beginning of the course in coopeation with students.
1. How can a parent (teacher) develop him/herself in the area of education of children and youth.
2. The goals of teaching mathematics at different levels of school.
3. Motivation of pupils of different ages, of the teacher.
4. The process of discovering knowledge and relations. How to lead a class towards the discovery of a generic model, towards abstract knowledge.
5. Differentiation, individualisation, pupils with special needs, talented pupils.
6. Communication and interaction teacher - pupil, teacher - class, pupil - pupil, pupil - class.
7. Assessment, classification and diagnosis of a a pupil.
8. Instructive, transmission and constructivist educational style of a teacher.
9. Analysis of thinking processes of a pupil based on his/her written solution.
10. Analysis of class work on the basis of a video-recording.
Annotation
The goal of the course is to provide deeper insight into selected processes important in the teaching of mathematics (see specific topics in the syllabus).