88528 - Workshop Activity: Foundations of Mathematics and Mathematics Teaching (ABCD)

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Primary teacher education (cod. 8540)

Learning outcomes

The mathematics laboratory is not only a physical place but it is a learning environment in which we discuss, design, compare, and find strategies together to solve problems. During the meetings, the elements that distinguish an exercise from a problem will be captured through examples. In the first, rules are applied in the second, knowledge is built. The various non-standard problems addressed to both primary and infant schools, together with the examination of pupils' protocols, will allow us to direct our attention to the concept of the good problem, a question addressed in numerous studies in Mathematics Education. In this context, it will be easy to think of error as an opportunity to reflect on.

Readings/Bibliography

Indicazioni nazionali per il curricolo della scuola dell'infanzia e del primo ciclo d'istruzione (DPR 20 marzo 2009, n.89)

Di Martino P. Zan R. (2019) Problemi al centro. Firenze: Giunti scuola

Teaching methods

Participatory conversation.

Cooperative approaches.

Laboratory methodology.

Assessment methods

At the end of the workshop the students will have to produce a reflection paper following the indications provided in the meetings.

Teaching tools

Computer and active platform.

Office hours

See the website of Carla Provitera