COD 2008 - W070

Welcome IGCSE Mathematics

Prospective IGCSE Maths teachers and/or Heads.

1 sessions, start: 18-Apr

Course detail

Year: 2008
Level: Welcome
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Mr. Máximo Enrique Hovagimian
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Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 18 April 2008 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Máximo Enrique Hovagimian

St. Andrew's Scots School Former pupil. Civil Engineer, UBA. Psychologist, UJFK. University and High School Professor (Teaching Degree in Engineering and in Psychology), UJFK. Post-Graduate Degree in School Administration, UTDT, at present studying "Lic. en Finanzas y Economia". Member of the Organizing Committee of the English Interschool Maths Olympiads organized by ESSARP (1992-1994). Coordinator of the Seminar "AICE Mathematics Teachers: Lecture on Numerical Methods" for Maths Teachers at ESSARP (1997). Head of the Maths Department at St. Peter's School (1993-2002). IGCSE and AS Maths Teacher at bilingual schools.
Prospective IGCSE Maths teachers and/or Heads.
- To introduce IGCSE Maths to teachers who have very little or no experience preparing this exam. - To acquaint prospective teachers of Maths at IGCSE Level with the Examinations Aims and Content. - To provide the necessary information and share experience concerning the preparation of this exam. - To explain the advantages of the IGCSE Maths exam. - To encourage teachers and schools to go for IGCSE Maths. - Organize a possible schedule for further meetings throughout the year in which different contents within the IGCSE Maths syllabus will be addressed in depth.
- General information about IGCSE Maths. The IGCSE Maths exam as part of the IGCSE exams. - Genaral aims. - Curriculum content. - Special features of IGCSE Maths. - Core and Extended Level. Comparison. - Description of the exams and its components. - Assessment Objectives - Positive Achievement. - Skills to be fostered. - Resources. Bibliography and supporting material.
As an introductory course, specially organised for teachers who have very little or no experience preparing the IGCSE Maths exam, basic concepts will be discussed, necessary information will be provided and experience concerning the preparation of these exams will be shared.
Syllabuses, Question Papers and Resource lists for IGCSE Maths can be downloaded from http://www.cie.org.uk
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