PS 4305 3.18 Question 9

What are the roles of teacher in the enhancement of Mathematics in schools?

a) Teachers should equip themselves with good and sufficient content and pedagogical knowledge so that they have the mastery of the content to teach the pupils.

a. Teacher’s holistic and profound understanding of the underlying mathematical concepts and their interconnections.

b. Teacher’s ability to facilitate the transfer of the understanding to the learner.

c. The teacher’s understands of what the learners brings with them into the class.

b) Teachers have to make lesson relevant. Children will understand more and remember the innovative and interesting ways in which a subject is presented. If it is interesting they are more likely to understand it. Look at ways in which Maths can be shown to be useful rather than just an abstract subject that has to be covered each day. Children are more willing to learn if the material is presented in a relevant way and showing Maths in action is guaranteed to get pupil’s attention. Therefore, teachers must know their responsibilities.

c) Use a variety of instructional representations such as diagrams, symbolic, ICT, concrete, etc so that it is balanced. Children should be actively involved in learning mathematics through the use of a variety of representations. For example, use manipulative and pictures in your teaching. Almost all mathematical concepts can be illustrated with pictures, which can even take a place of concrete manipulative. For example, if you can condition your children to draw lots of pie pictures when studying fractions, they can learn to visualize fractions as pies. Then they will not make the addition mistake 1/2 + 1/4 = 2/6

d) Catering for leaner differences by designing different Maths activities for all learners. The teacher designs or selects something for pupils to do that will engage their intellect, stretch their thinking, increase their mathematical understanding and expand their toolkit of how to solve problems in their real world. For more able pupils, enrichment activities should be provided to broaden their Mathematical knowledge. For less able learner it should be made relatively easy. In other words, enrichment activities for smart pupils and remedial activities for low achievers.

e) Encourage the pupil especially upper primary to use thinking skill and problem solving strategies during Mathematics lesson so that it can increase academic achievement. Teachers also should increase their skill otherwise they are also the same, only relying on books and should solve problems which associated with real situations.

f) Provide with relevant and suitable Maths activities where pupils can experience success so that they are motivated and progress.

g) The teacher should facilitate the pupils to learn Mathematics by using their senses especially hands-on activities or activities which the pupils can manipulate the objects in practical work, therefore it will be more pupil-centered and of course the teacher should be selective, otherwise it is going to be hard for both teachers and pupils.

Done by:

Haji Ruzaini Haji Mazin 06B0405

Md. Salleh Hamidy Awg. Julidy 06B0407

Afrah Izzat Hj. Tejuddin 06B0408

Ahmad Humaizi Hj. Samehon 06B0409

Ak. Nabil Fikri Pg. Osman 06B0419