TY - SER AU - Moss,Joan AU - Caswell,Bev AU - Hawes,Zachary AU - Jones,Jason TI - Prioritizing visual spatial mathematical approaches in First Nation early years classrooms PY - 2017/// KW - Early childhood education KW - Ontario KW - Literacy KW - Study and teaching N2 - This paper describes the Math for Young Children project (M4YC), a professional development research project that works with teams of educators in an adapted lesson study approach to promote, design and assess visual, spatial approaches to mathematics learning in early years classrooms. Since 2011, our work has focussed on supporting communities historically underserved by the educational system. We present methods and results of our ongoing work in First Nations communities in the Treaty 3 territory of Northwestern Ontario UR - http://mes9.ece.uth.gr/portal/images/proceedings/MES9_Proceedings_low_Volume2.pdf UR - http://mes9.ece.uth.gr/portal/images/paperslist/mes9apl/99.pdf ER -