Collaboration in Teacher Education: Examples from the Context of Mathematics Education

ISBN-13: 9789048163274 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 277 str.

Andrea Peter-Koop; Vania Santos-Wagner; C. J. Breen

Opis

Change is an ongoing aspect of education and educators are always seeking alternative and effective approaches to it. The approaches, in the context of mathematics teacher education, discussed in this book are based on joint work between the individuals involved in the process. However, the factors that influence success within co-operative or collaborative change processes have not been the focus of scientific investigation. This book systematically investigates collaborative endeavours in a number of different domains of teacher education. The fifteen chapters in the four main sections of the book explore and reflect on a variety of issues related to collaborative mathematics teacher education practice and research - such as classroom coaching, mentoring or co-learning agreements - highlighting the evolution and implications of collaborative enterprises in different cultural settings. The resultant accounts should appeal to educational researchers, research students and practitioners around the world.

Spis treści

Prologue.- One: Investigating Initial and Ongoing Teacher Education.- 1 A Journey towards Collaboration.- 2 Collaboration and Sharing as Crucial Elements of Professional Development.- 3 The Evolution of an Interdisciplinary Collaborative for Pre-Service Teacher Reform—Research Informs Practice.- 4 An Approach to Collaboration in Elementary Pre-Service Teacher Education.- Two: Further Issues in Teacher Education.- 5 Classroom Coaching as a Collaborative Activity in Professional Development.- 6 A Collaborative Project Using Narratives—What Happens when Pupils Work on Mathematical Investigations?.- 7 The Role of Collaboration for Developing Teacher-Researchers.- 8 Sharing Teacher Training Methods—The Case of Problematic Learning Situations in Geometry.- Three: Working with Other Important Partners in Different Socio-Cultural Contexts.- 9 Co-Learning in the Collaborative Mathematics Classroom.- 10 Collaborative Practice with Parents—The Role of the Researcher as Mediator.- 11 The Role of the Principal in Mathematics Teacher Development—Bridging the Dichotomy between Leadership and Collaboration.- 12 Intercultural Collaboration: A Celebration of Commonalties and Differences.- Four: Alternative Perspectives on Collaboration.- 13 A Case for Collaborative Staff Development—A Path Layered while Walking.- 14 Collaborative Reflection through Sharing Significant Incidents.- 15 More than Collaboration: Concern, Connection, Community and Curriculum.- Epilogue.