Developing Understanding In Primary Mathematics

This text presents a philosophical yet classroom approach to mathematics teaching, and examines how mathematics is taught across the curriculum and age range in primary school. It explores the role of play, story, drama, pattern, sound, and children's drawings and games in maths teaching. 1 Introduction 2 Constructivism 3 Using Story and Drama to Develop Mathematics 4 Teachers Constructing Mathematics 5 Pattern in Constructing Mathematics 6 Constructing Mathematics through Games 7 The World of Sounds and Mathematical Construction 8 Children Drawing 9 Mathematics Beyond the School and a Summing Up