Final Project Outline

EDCP 553 Draft Outline

 

Prepared by Amanda Pasternak

o   I will be working on this independently

 

Living with the Seasons: Outdoor Mathematics Explorations for Primary Students

 

Grade Level

o   The resource I will be creating is geared towards primary students in Southern British Columbia.

Outline for Mathematical Topic

o   I will be creating a resource to help inspire educators to take students outside to learn math. I will primarily be creating lesson ideas that connect to the BC Curriculum. These lessons will act as a guide to get educators started and provide enough freedom to be easily adapted to better fit the needs of diverse classes in different geographical locations. There will be math lessons that connect with the seasons to help students see the holistic connection between nature and learning. To honour multiple ways of knowing and learning I plan to include some Indigenous ideas related to mathematics as well as suggestions as to how educators can integrate embodied mathematics. I plan to touch on a range of skills as a key idea behind creating this resources is to help educators understand ways of integrating outdoor and embodied lessons in all subject areas rather than one niche area. I plan to highlight lessons related to shapes, number, graphing, and measurement.

 

Annotated Bibliography

McLennan, D. P. (2020). Joyful Math: Invitation to Play and Explore in the Early Childhood Classroom . Taylor & Francis Group.

This book looks at various ways early childhood educators can integrate joy, art, and the outdoors in to learning activities. The learning activities are interesting and engaging and involve practical advice. Furthermore, this book helps bridge a connection to math being in everyday life rather than an idea that is only explored in school.

 

Louv, R. (2008). Last Child in the Woods. North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill .

In the book Last Child in the Woods Richard Louv helps readers understand the urgency needed to help individuals, specifically children experience nature. This urgency is made clear as Richard discuss the challenges that face children included the rise in obesity and reliance on technology. Richard identifies this challenge as nature deficit disorder. Richard spends time helping readers understand the value in time outdoors.

 

Judson, G. (2017). A Walking Curriculum .

Gillian Judson’s A Walking Curriculum is the perfect resource to help educators start an outdoor education program. This book is written in a way that appreciates the lack of time most teachers have. The book has 8 chapters and focuses on different walks educators can take their students on. This makes the book very practical as an educator can read the details of a walk in a brief amount of time and be inspired to get outside with their students.

Davidson, S. F., Davidson, R., & Archibald, J.-A. (2018). Ptlatch as Pedagogy . Portage & Main Press .

Commitment to truth and reconciliation means making space for Indigenous ways of knowing in all subject areas. This book touches on many important ideas to consider when designing lessons and learning tasks including relationships and honouring the past.

 

Chahine, I. C. (2013). The impact of using multiple modalities on students’ acquisition of fractional knowledge: An international study in embodied mathematics across semiotic cultures. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 434-449.

This research study looks at comparing students who used a multimodal curriculum to those who were taught using monomodal curriculum. the author helps describe terms such as modes, modality, and representation which may be valuable information for educators trying to understand this way of teaching and learning.