Conference paper
Contribution of academic mathematics to teacher learning about the essence of mathematics
Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol.2, pp.360-367
The 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 43 (Pretoria, South Africa, 07/Jul/2019 - 12/Jul/2019)
2019
Abstract
This study investigates the contribution of academic mathematics courses to teacher learning about the essence of mathematics. Analysis of interviews with eleven secondary school mathematics teachers, who graduated from a master’s program that included a strong emphasis on academic mathematics studies, identified references to four topics regarding the essence of mathematics: (1) Wide and varied, (2) Lively and developing, (3) Rich in connections, and (4) Structured deductively. The findings show that whereas all teachers (but one) reported that they expanded their knowledge about the essence of mathematics, which, in turn, contributed to their classroom teaching, substantial differences existed among the teachers in the extent to which they referred to each of these four topics.
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- Title
- Contribution of academic mathematics to teacher learning about the essence of mathematics
- Creators
- Anna Hoffmann - 972WIS_INST___78Ruhama Even - 972WIS_INST___78
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol.2, pp.360-367; 2019
- Publisher
- PME
- Language
- English
- Conference
- The 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 43 (Pretoria, South Africa, 07/Jul/2019 - 12/Jul/2019)
- Grant note
- NA
- Record Identifier
- 993336213303596
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