IMPROVING TEACHING METHODS IN MATHEMATICS IN PRIMARY SCHOOL.

ACTION PLAN

Silvia Romero HidalgoJapan 2010.

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

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.

Teachers Number teachers that presented exam.

Number of teachers that approved.

average median Minimum grade

Maximum grade

In service

17,648 7,746 43.25 43 2 75

New teachers

53,406 16,649 40.13 40 3 75

CURRENT SITUATION

PROBLEM TREE

Aim of japanese eduaction.LESSON STUDY

Japanese Educational System and practice

POOR ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Time in class is spend in preparing National Assesments

Lack of use of didactic material

Wrong manage contents and misconceptions

Class center in teacher(Traditional teaching method)

Origamics

Hand- on activities

Open ended problems

Problem solving approach

Too much administrative work requeriments

Teachers atttending trainning courses to get points

Teachers with no motivation

Teachers not enjoying work.

Bad Attitude

2 Full times job.

Poor salary

Lack of time

Improve teaching methods in mathematic class

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

OUTPUTS

1 Motivating Lectures for teachers:

Japanese Educational System and Practice.

Aim of japanese Mathematical

Education.

Oct 2010 Dec 2010

2 Project: Implement Lesson Study (adaptation) with teachers attending the program Science at your school.

From Sep 2010 to Jun 2011

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”.

Profesor Masami ISODA.

Lecture: “Learning for/by themselves”.

CONTENTS USE IN OUTPUT 1

Implement Lesson Study with teachers attending the program Science at your School. Teachers will work in groups (10 to 20 person per group).

Contents:

Open ended problems.

Hand- on activities.

Working with Origamics.

Content work will be done with the next plan of

implementation:

Introduction

Application and record video

Watch and reflect about videos

Improve lesson and record video

Watch videos and discussion improvement.

PROJECT OUTPUT 2

OUTPUT 2 PLAN OF IMPLEMENTATION

WEEKS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IXIntroductionApplication and video recordWatch videos and reflection meetingimprove lessons and video recordWatch videos and discuse improvement

OUTPUT 2 PLAN OF OPERATION

Lessons months IX X XI I II III IV V VIOpen ended problemsHands-onOrigamics

CONTENTS USE IN OUTPUT 2Problem 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).

Origamics lecture

Profesor Kazuo Haga and Yuhara sanat Origamics lecture

Work done in lecture

Hands-on lecture

Profesor Tsubota at lecture.

Discovering paterns in cutting paper work.

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.

Thank you.