1. IMPROVING TEACHING METHODS IN MATHEMATICS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL. ACTION PLAN Silvia Romero Hidalgo Japan 2010.

2. INDEX Current Situation Problem Tree Project objective Outputs Contents used in Output 1 Project Output 2 Plan of Implementation Output 2 Plan of Operation Output 2 Contents used in Output 2 References

3. To guarantee that school teachers have the same background and earnthe same income, at the end of 2008 the Mexican Ministry of Education implemented a new policy. teachers must present an exam to evaluate contents management, intelectual skills and teaching competences. TeachersNumber teachers that presented exam. Number of teachers that approved. averagemedianMinimum grade Maximum grade In service 17,6487,74643.2543275 New teachers 53,40616,64940.1340375 CURRENT SITUATION

4. PROBLEM TREE

5. Over all goal. To improve teaching methods in mathematics. Project purpose. Academic development of teachers will be improve using contents learned in training course in Japan. Project period. Septembre 2010 to June 2011. Target group. Teachers trainning in the program Science at your school. PROJECT OBJECTIVE

6. OUTPUTS

7. CONTENTS USE IN OUTPUT 1 To design Lectures the following lectures will be used: Profesor Shizumi SHIMIZU. Lecture: “The challenges for school mathematics in Japan”.

8. Profesor Masami ISODA. Lecture: “Learning for/by themselves”. CONTENTS USE IN OUTPUT 1

9. PROJECT OUTPUT 2

10. OUTPUT 2 PLAN OF IMPLEMENTATION

11. OUTPUT 2 PLAN OF OPERATION

12. CONTENTS USE IN OUTPUT 2 Problem Solving Approach Traditional approach. One problem- One way- One solution. Open ended approach. One problem- varios ways- various answers. Answers are open. Open problem approach. Problem- Various problems. Problems are open. Japanese Approach. One problem- various ways- one solution. Process are open. In the Introduction lesson I will work examples of each problem approach and emphasis the objetive of working with TASK OR PROBLEM (given by teachers) and PROBLEMATIC (given by students).

13. Origamics lecture Profesor Kazuo Haga and Yuhara san at Origamics lecture Work done in lecture

14. Hands-on lecture Profesor Tsubota at lecture. Discovering paterns in cutting paper work.

15. REFERENCES Isoda, Murata, The curriculum. JICA, march 2004. Shizumi Shimizu, Lecture: The challenges for school mathematics in Japan, 4th Feb 2010. Isoda et all, Japanesse Lesson Study in Mahtematics. World Scientifc Publising Co, 2007 Singapore. Mathematics for Elementary Schools, GAKKOTOSHO CO., LTD JAPAN.

16. Thank you.