World Class Maths: Asian Teaching Methods (FutureLearn)

You’ll understand teaching principles from Singapore and Shanghai, and apply these to your own practice.

You’ll evaluate the performance of maths education in your own country, and compare this with Asian countries.

Finally, you’ll learn why teacher professional development is so important in Asian education systems.

What topics will you cover?

- Exploring the international success of Asian education systems in primary mathematics teaching

- The key features of Asian maths pedagogies

- Understanding established principles from Singapore teaching methods, including Concrete-Pictorial-Abstract and the Model Method

- Understanding established principles from Shanghai: Two Basics and Teaching with Variation

- The role of professional development in Asian primary maths education

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you'll be able to...

- Explore the performance of your national maths education with those from Asian countries

- Summarise the key features of Asian maths teaching methods

- Evaluate several prominent teaching methods from Asian education systems

- Reflect on the role of professional development in maths teaching