At the 2007 BCcupms meeting at Yukon College in Whitehorse, there was general consensus that a task force should be formed to work on the revision and revitalisation of this the Math for Elementary Education (MFEE) curriculum. This subcommittee sought to achieve a level of common practice, as students were currently shopping for grades among institutions.
The BCCUPMS Subcommittee on Mathematics for Elementary Education was subsequently created with the following mandate:
- To explore the issues surrounding the development of effective Math for Elementary
Teachers courses, by consulting various groups, including teachers and math education
specialists. - To produce a statement of objectives for Math for Elementary Teachers course(s), and
make recommendations forcourse prerequisites and texts. - To make recommendations for next stages.
The following report from the subcommittee was presented at the 2010 BCcupms meeting, held at SFU in Burnaby.
Committee Members:
- Malgorzata Dubiel (Simon Fraser University), Chair
- Wendy Lynne (Capilano University)
- Wayne Matthews (Camosun College)
- Susan Milner (University of the Fraser Valley)
- Susan Oesterle (Douglas College)
Advisory Committee
- Veda Abu-Bakari (Langara & TRU Open Learning)
- Melania Alvarez-Adem (Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences)
- Brent Davis (Faculty of Education, UBC)
- Bernice Kastner (Simon Fraser University)
- Margaret Wyeth (University of Victoria)
MFEE Subcommittee Minutes:
WIDER CONSULTATION
- April 2007: Workshop at the Changing the Culture conference, Vancouver
“Mathematics that elementary teachers need to know”
Participants included elementary, middle and high school teachers, graduate students, and post-secondary faculty. The discussion was led and the results recorded by Susan Milner and Malgorzata Dubiel. - May 2007: BCcupms professional development session, Whitehorse
“Continuing the discussion…Mathematics that elementary teachers need to know”.
Participants were postsecondary faculty from around BC. The discussion was led and the results recorded by Susan Milner and Malgorzata Dubiel. - October 2007: Workshop at BCAMT fall conference, Richmond:
“Looking Backward to Move Forward in Elementary Teacher Ed”.
Participants were elementary school teachers. The discussion was led and recorded by Susan Oesterle, Susan Milner and Wayne Matthews. - October 2007 – April 2008: Survey of elementary teachers: available at the BCAMT conference and on-line through BCAMT and BCcupms.
The survey was designed by Susan Oesterle with suggestions from the committee; Susan Oesterle compiled the results, which are included in this report.
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