Program Overview

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Course Overview

The course "Education: Teaching Mathematics - Full Time" is a part of the full-time, post-graduate teacher training program (PPU) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). This course enables candidates to serve as teachers from year 5 to year 13.

Course Details

• Course Code: PPU4225
• Credits: 15
• Level: Third-year courses, level III
• Course Start: Autumn 2025
• Duration: 2 semesters
• Language of Instruction: Norwegian
• Location: Trondheim
• Examination Arrangement: Aggregate score

About the Course

This course covers all aspects of teaching and students' learning within the subject of mathematics. It provides a basis for planning, implementing, assessing, and reflecting upon teaching, based on research- and experience-based knowledge and theory.

Course Content

The course content includes:

• Various theoretical perspectives and relevant research tied to teaching and learning within the subject
• Different working methods within the subject, arenas for learning, material, and forms of expression
• Students' learning, learning strategies, common misconceptions, and subject-specific challenges for different students
• Dialogue and communication when teaching within the subject
• The subject's current curriculum
• The subject's distinctive character and development as a science and school subject
• Various forms of evaluation and testing the subject, both nationally and internationally
• Youth culture, youths' development, and challenges tied to teaching and learning within the subject

Learning Outcome

Knowledge

The student will have good knowledge of:

• Various theoretical perspectives and relevant research tied to teaching and learning within the subject
• Different working methods within the subject, arenas for learning, material, and forms of expression
• Students' learning, learning strategies, common misconceptions, and subject-specific challenges for different students
• Dialogue and communication when teaching within the subject
• The subject's current curriculum
• The subject's distinctive character and development as a science and school subject
• Various forms of evaluation and testing the subject, both nationally and internationally
• Youth culture, youths' development, and challenges tied to teaching and learning within the subject

Skills

The student will be able to:

• Plan, carry out, and reflect upon teaching, based on research- and experience-based knowledge and theory about teaching and students' learning in the subject
• Plan and carry out practical and varied teaching, which includes the use of various learning arenas, learning material, and forms of expression
• Lead students in a teaching community and facilitate good relations between the students and between teacher and student, with the intention of promoting equality and the students' academic and social learning and development
• Adapt the teaching in the subject so that it considers the students' different needs and can facilitate a motivating and inclusive learning environment
• Analyse curricula and develop local syllabi as a basis for planning, carrying out, and assessing in the subject
• Argue for the subject's position in the school and its relevance for society
• Assess students' learning and aid students in reflecting upon own learning and professional development within the subject
• Apply knowledge about youth culture and youths' development when teaching the subject
• Carry out a professionally oriented Research and Development work (R&D) under guidance

General Competence

The student will be able to:

• Act professionally and critically reflect on and discuss subject-didactical and ethical questions
• Formulate, investigate, and discuss topics through theory- and research-based knowledge in order to develop one's own and the school's practice
• Analyse and improve own practice in the meeting with students' qualifications, interests, and needs
• Build relations and collaborate with parents, colleagues, and other parties relevant in school

Learning Methods and Activities

The course is taught over two semesters, with a variety of teaching methods, including large and small group sessions, with or without teacher guidance. Cross-curricular work will also be in focus through a group-based Research and Development work (R&D) that will be executed in one of the student's two subject-didactical courses.

Compulsory Assignments

• Semester assignment for guidance
• Defined coursework
• 75% participation in teaching
• Courseworks for guidance

Evaluation

The course consists of two-part assessments, and the student(s) can appeal only when both partial grades in the course have been announced. The student must state which sub-assessment(s) the appeal concerns. The assessment paper can be written in Norwegian, Swedish, or Danish.

Specific Conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:

• Educational Theory and Practice - Full Time Post Graduate (1 year) (PRPED)
• Master's Degree with integrated Post Graduate Teacher Training (MPPU)

Credit Reductions

The course has academic overlap with the following courses:

• PPU4728
• PPU4729
• PPU4525
• PPU4925
• PPU4628
• PPU4629 If you take overlapping courses, you will receive a credit reduction in the course where you have the lowest grade. If the grades are the same, the reduction will be applied to the course completed most recently.

Subject Areas

• Practical teacher training

Examination

The examination arrangement is an aggregate score, with a letter grade. The coursework and semester assignment are weighted equally, with a submission time of 15:00. The exam system used is Inspera Assessment.