Requirements/prerequisites: prerequisite: MA3473
Duration: Hilary term, 10 weeks

Number of lectures per week: Students will act as classroom assistants in mathematics classes in local secondary schools. They will help in three teaching sessions per week.

Assessment: The students will write a report, with particular attention to the relevance of their project in MA3473 to their classroom experiences.

ECTS credits: 5
End-of-year Examination: Grade based on written report. No examination.

Description: The purpose of this course is to provide a service to the community. Students will act as classroom assistants in mathematics classes in local secondary schools. They will help in three teaching sessions per week.

Learning Outcomes: At the end of this module students should be able to

• identify and describe the problems that teachers face in the teaching of mathematics.

• write a report on their experiences in the classroom, the benefits and/or drawbacks to having a teaching assistant in the class.

The students will write a report as above, with particular attention to the relevance of their project in MA3473 to their classroom experiences.

Sep 29, 2011