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2.Know Content

Standard 2: Know content

Know the mathematics content and know the different ways to teach it effectively to Indigenous learners: be a mathematician, be a learner, be coherent and creative.

Cluster finding 2.1: Content

Know that teachers and education officers must continually improve their mathematical content knowledge.

Cluster finding 2.2: Curriculum

Know the mathematics curriculum and how each mathematics concept can build on, connect with, and lead to other concepts dynamically, not necessarily vertically.

Cluster finding 2.3: Contexts

Know how mathematics links to contexts beyond the classroom so it can be taught through rich, life-like activities.

Cluster finding 2.4: Attitudes

Know that as a mathematician establishing a community of practice in the classroom, your attitudes and beliefs about mathematics impact learners.