MATH EDUCATION

Mission Statement

UNF graduates from the B.A.E program in Mathematics Education will demonstrate pedagogical and mathematical proficiency, and engage in active leadership roles in the educational community at all levels in schools and community organizations.

The core learning objectives of the Mathematics Education program are aligned with Florida's Educator Accomplished Practices for Preprofessional Teachers, Standards for Programs in Secondary Mathematics Teacher Education developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), the Subject Matter Content Standards for Florida's Teachers: 6-12 Mathematics Education, and the College of Education and Human Services Conceptual Framework.

Student Learning Outcomes

Content/Discipline Knowledge & Skills

• Demonstrate fluency with mathematical computations and procedures.
  
  
• Demonstrate ability to perform mathematical skills and procedures.
  
  
• Demonstrate conceptual understanding of the core knowledge required in the practice of teaching.
  
  
• Demonstrate conceptual understanding of the content knowledge.
  
  
• Develop skills in the selection and use of technology to assist all students in learning.
  
  
• Demonstrate understanding of concepts and principles of behaviorism, social cognitive theory, information processing, and constructivist views of learning and motivation.
  
  
• Develop knowledge, skills, and dispositions to effectively manage the classroom environment.
  
  
• Develop knowledge and skills to design, assess, and implement instruction that is inclusive of special needs learners and speakers of other languages.

Critical Thinking Skills

• Demonstrate the capacity to think logically about the relationships among concepts and situations.
  
  
• Demonstrate the ability to justify methods, answers, and conclusions.
  
  
• Demonstrate the ability to plan effective instruction.
  
  
• Demonstrate the ability to construct a summative evaluation on a unit of study.

Communication Skills

• Demonstrate the ability to control classroom behaviors in an effective manner.
  
  
• Demonstrate effective instruction for planned students' educational experiences.
  
  
• Demonstrate record keeping, interpretation, and reflection on those planned methods of self-assessment.
  
  
  
  

Curriculum Map
Click on the image below to see in which Math Secondary Education courses these Student Learning Outcomes are addressed:

Math Secundary Education Curriculum Map

 

 

 

Assessment Approaches

 

UNF graduates of the B.A.E program in Mathematics Education will demonstrate mastery of content knowledge and teaching skills through proficiency on course embedded assessments, activities, and critical task assessments in core, major, and clinical experiences at a proficiency level expected of a teacher candidate. It is expected that teacher candidates apply knowledge throughout the program by demonstrating understanding, competence, and effective implementation.

Assessment strategies include:

• Assignments, and other formal formative, summative, and authentic assessments;
  
  
• Successful completion of critical tasks in specific courses;
  
  
• Engagement in class discussions, reflections, and critiques that provide a dynamic forum for developing ideas and demonstrating knowledge;
  
• Analysis of teaching performances in field experiences and methods courses

 

Career Opportunities

 

For information on the many career options available to Math Education majors, go to What Can You Do with a Middle and Secondary Education Major at: http://www.unf.edu/dept/cdc/majors/middlesecondary.html

 

For More Information

 

To learn more about the UNF Education Department and majoring in Math Education, go to http://www.unf.edu/coehs/degrees/ci/baeee.htm

 

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