Required Text
Textbook
There is no required textbook or Course Pack for this course. Course content is primarily found online on designated websites, including Ontario Ministry of Education and Ontario College of Teachers online resource. Some articles will be provided by the instructors; others will be available for viewing online.
Ontario College of Teachers
You will require the following Ontario College of Teachers documents:
- The Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession
- The Standards of Practice for the Teaching Profession
Ontario Ministry of Education Learning Resources
You will require the following Ontario Ministry of Education documents:
- Ontario Ministry of Education. (2010). The full-day early learning kindergarten program (Draft). Toronto, ON: Queen's Printer for Ontario.
- Ontario Ministry of Education. (2010). Growing success: Assessment, evalution, and reporting in Ontario schools, First edition covering grades 1-12. Toronto, ON: Queen's Printer for Ontario.
- Ontario Ministry of Education: The Ontario Curriculum documents (all subjects)
- Ontario Ministry of Education. (2009). The Ontario curriculum, grades 1-8: The Arts (Revised). Toronto, ON: Queen's Printer for Ontario.
- Ontario Ministry of Education. (2006). The Ontario curriculum, grades 1-8: Language (Revised). Toronto, ON: Queen's Printer for Ontairo.
- Ontario Ministry of Education. (2005). The Ontario curriculum, grades 1-8: Mathematics (Revised). Toronto, ON: Queen's Printer for Ontario.
- Ontario Ministry of Education: eWorkshop with Guides to Effective Instruction in Mathematics and Literacy
- Education For All: The Report of the Expert Panel on Literacy and Numeracy Instruction for Students With Special Education Needs, Kindergarten to Grade 6 (2005)
- Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat. (2007). What works? Research into Practice: Combined grade classrooms. Toronto, ON: Queen's Printer for Ontario.
- Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat. (2008). Capacity building series: Differentiating Mathematics Instruction.
Recommended Texts & Articles
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Fogarty, R. (1999). Architects of the intellect. Educational Leadership, 57(3), 76-78.
Jarvis, D. H. (2008). Thinking outside the rectangular prism: Fostering problem-based mathematics learning. Ontario Mathematics Gazette, 47(2), 23-28.
Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, NCTM (2000) (free 120-day online trial)
Small, M. (2008). Making math meaningful to Canadian students, K-8. Toronto, ON: Nelson.
Van de Walle, J., & Folk, S. (2011). Elementary and middle school mathematics: Teaching developmentally (3rd Canadian ed.). New York: Longman.