Journal article
Numeracy in health and physical education
Australian Mathematics Teacher, Vol.68(1), pp.21-27
2012
Abstract
My school is in Cowell, a small coastal town in South Australia about 100 km from the nearest regional centre. The Area School has 180 students from Reception to Year 12. Often in such schools there are composite classes for Years 6/7 and 8/9; however, at Cowell these year levels are in separate classes, some with quite small numbers of students. (Middle school is Years 7, 8, 9.) The school grounds are attractively maintained, with well kept gardens and shaded areas for the students to play or sit. An outdoor learning area beside the Year 8 classroom was built with the support of federal funding obtained by another teacher and myself. It comprises a large concrete slab the size of half a basketball court, together with a separate shelter shed that has a concrete floor and a whiteboard on one of the walls. I use these areas for outdoor learning activities; the students and I enjoy getting out of the classroom.
Details
- Title
- Numeracy in health and physical education
- Authors
- Colleen Peters (Author) - Cowell Area SchoolVince Geiger (Author) - Australian Catholic UniversityMerrilyn Goos (Author) - University of QueenslandShelley Dole (Author) - University of Queensland
- Publication details
- Australian Mathematics Teacher, Vol.68(1), pp.21-27
- Publisher
- Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc.
- Date published
- 2012
- ISSN
- 0045-0685
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education - Legacy; Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449170102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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