1. Chapter 2 What should I know? What do I know?

2. Chapter Summary
This chapter asks you to reflect on your own starting point in terms of your subject knowledge of mathematics. You will explore:
Your prior experience of learning mathematics
Your areas of strength and areas that you need to develop
Your beliefs about learning and teaching mathematics

3. What should I know?
How do you know what mathematics subject knowledge you should have?
How do you know if you have this subject knowledge or not?

4. Complete these sentences
When teaching mathematics in school I feel …
When planning for teaching mathematics I feel ...
When researching mathematics in order to develop my subject knowledge I feel ...

5. Strengths and areas for development
Which of the following areas do you see as strengths and which are areas you need to develop:
Problem solving using mathematics
Number: counting; place value; fractions, decimals and percentages
Number: knowing and using number facts
Number: calculations
Algebra
Geometry
Measurement
Statistics

6. Beliefs about learning and teaching mathematics
Summarise each of the following beliefs about learning and teaching mathematics:
Connectionist
Transmission
Discovery