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Accessibility statement
This module will develop your knowledge and understanding of teaching primary and secondary school mathematics, emphasising the lower secondary school curriculum, and broaden your ideas about how people learn and use mathematics. It’s a step towards qualifying and developing as a secondary or primary mathematics teacher, teaching assistant, tutor or parent educator.
This module is designed to:
Successful study of this module should enhance your skills in communicating mathematical ideas clearly and succinctly and explaining mathematical ideas to others.
The full content list is on the Open mathematics and statistics website.
There is no formal prerequisite study. However,
You can find out more about our mathematics education modules here.
The free course Teaching mathematics is good preparation for this module.
You’ll get help and support from an assigned tutor throughout your module.
They’ll help by:
Online tutorials run throughout the module. While they’re not compulsory, we strongly encourage you to participate. Where possible, we’ll make recordings available.
Course work includes:
You’ll have access to a module website, which includes:
Additionally, the website includes:
The OU strives to make all aspects of study accessible to everyone, and this Accessibility Statement outlines what studying ME620 involves. You should use this information to inform your study preparations and any discussions with us about how we can meet your needs.
To find out more about what kind of support and adjustments might be available, contact us or visit our Disability support website.
Mathematical thinking in schools (ME620) starts once a year – in October.
It will next start in October 2026.
We expect it to start for the last time in October 2031.
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