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Assignment:
Please write a two hundred to three hundred-word answer for each question. Please use at least one of the references provided for each question and be sure to include it in your answers.
1. Games are an important way that math is taught in Indigenous communities. Find one game and explain how the game can be used to teach a math concept. You may choose any game you'd like. Remember to explain the game and discuss what specific math concept you would teach with this game.
Beatty, R., & Blair, D. (2015). Indigenous pedagogy for early mathematics: Algonquin looming in a grade 2 math classroom. The International Journal of Holistic Early Learning and Development, 1, 3-24.
First Nations Education Steering Committee and First Nations Schools Association. (2020). FAQs. In In our own words: Bringing authentic First Nations content to the K-3 classroom (pp. 7-20). FNESC and FNSA.
Nicol, C., Archibald, J., & Baker, J. (2013). Designing a model of culturally responsive mathematics education: Place, relationships, and story work. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 25, 73-89.
2. Our classrooms are getting more and more diverse. There are students from different backgrounds who have very unique perceptions of and experiences with mathematics. Describe one way you might engage students in our classrooms. Think of one way you would teach math so that your students engaged, interested in math, and are learning to the best of their ability.
Abdulrahim, N. A., & Orosco, M. J. (2020). Culturally responsive mathematics teaching: A research synthesis. The Urban Review, 52(1), 1- 25.
Cahnmann, M. S., & Remillard, J. T. (2002). What counts and how: Mathematics teaching in culturally, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse urban settings. The Urban Review, 34(3), 179-204.
Faragher, R. M., & Clarke, B. A. (2020). Inclusive practices in the teaching of mathematics: Some findings from research including children with Down syndrome. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 32(1), 121-146.
Gersten, R., Jordan, N. C., & Flojo, J. R. (2005). Early identification and interventions for students with mathematics difficulties. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 38(4), 293-304.
3. Drawing from your own discipline (Early Childhood Educator) answer the following questions. (No references needed for these questions)
- Why is there an increasing discussion about the prevention of youth homelessness?
- What role do system-focused interventions play in the prevention of youth homelessness?
- To keep this close to home, how does Toronto Metropolitan University (or other schools in the city) contribute to youth homelessness?