Conference paper
What do mathematicians wish to teach teachers in secondary school about mathematics?
Proceedings of the 42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education , Vol.3, pp.99-106
The 42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education , 42 ( Umeå, Sweden, 03/Jul/2018 - 08/Jul/2018)
2018
Abstract
This study investigates what mathematicians wish to teach teachers about what mathematics is. Data source included interviews with five research mathematicians who taught advanced mathematics courses to practicing secondary school teachers. Analysis revealed that expanding teachers' knowledge about what mathematics is was one of the main objectives of the interviewees. They referred to three aspects: (1) the essence of mathematics, (2) doing mathematics, and (3) the worth of mathematics. This paper characterizes and illustrates each aspect.
Details
- Title
- What do mathematicians wish to teach teachers in secondary school about mathematics?
- Creators
- Anna Hoffmann - 972WIS_INST___78Ruhama Even - 972WIS_INST___78
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the 42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education , Vol.3, pp.99-106; 2018
- Publisher
- PME
- Language
- English
- Conference
- The 42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education , 42 ( Umeå, Sweden, 03/Jul/2018 - 08/Jul/2018)
- Grant note
- NA
- Record Identifier
- 993336213403596
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