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An investigation into the teaching and learning of shape and space concepts in the reception year
Includes bibliographical references.
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| author | Lombard, Ana Paula |
| author2 | Breen, Chris |
| author_browse | Breen, Chris Lombard, Ana Paula |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8214 An investigation into the teaching and learning of shape and space concepts in the reception year Lombard, Ana Paula Breen, Chris Teaching Includes bibliographical references. This study focuses on Reception Year teachers' classrooms. It investigates the state of Numeracy teaching, specifically Shape and Space, teaching at the earliest level of the formal school programme. The study focuses on six Reception Year teachers from a range of school sin the Cape Peninsula. Through the medium of in-depth interviews, questionnaires and classroom observations these teachers' perceptions of the new curriculum and Outcomes-Based Education was probed. Teachers were observed to ascertain how learning was mediated so that children could make meaning of Shape and Space concepts. The findings show a reasonable consistency in the teaching appraoches of these educators. The majoritn of teachers admitted insecurity in the field of mathematics teaching, specifically Geometry. In general, they showed little conceptual knowledge, which often resulted in practical, integrated teaching methods which did not extend their learners' conceptual knowledge. 2014-10-06T12:12:28Z 2014-10-06T12:12:28Z 2006 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8214 eng application/pdf School of Education Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Teaching Lombard, Ana Paula An investigation into the teaching and learning of shape and space concepts in the reception year |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | An investigation into the teaching and learning of shape and space concepts in the reception year |
| title_full | An investigation into the teaching and learning of shape and space concepts in the reception year |
| title_fullStr | An investigation into the teaching and learning of shape and space concepts in the reception year |
| title_full_unstemmed | An investigation into the teaching and learning of shape and space concepts in the reception year |
| title_short | An investigation into the teaching and learning of shape and space concepts in the reception year |
| title_sort | investigation into the teaching and learning of shape and space concepts in the reception year |
| topic | Teaching |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8214 |
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