Teaching and Learning Fractions

This professional development course for teachers is aimed at delivering the following outcomes:

1. Develop a comprehensive understanding of how to teach and learn fractions.
2. Encourage a change in educators' perspectives on teaching and learning fractions.
3. Offer practical advice for lesson planning and enhancing lessons on fractions.
4. Raise educators to a high level of expertise in the subject of fractions.

Upon completing this course, educators will possess a thorough knowledge of teaching and learning fractions within primary education settings. By actively participating in real classroom scenarios—effectively stepping into their students' shoes—teachers will develop a genuine empathy for the learning process.

This course looks to equip teachers with the necessary content and the pedagogical content knowledge to teach fractions so that pupils gain a conceptual understanding of fractions, become fluent in working with fractions, and can use what they know in a multitude of familiar and unfamiliar problems.