This book seeks to address the question of how the task of teaching mathematics to young children might be better understood. But rather than starting out with a conception of mathematics derived from the many histories mathematics might claim as its own we centre the analysis instead within the social practices that surround the teaching of the subject to children aged four to eleven in English primary schools today. That is, we do not commence with an a priori conception of mathematics and see what people are saying about it. Rather, we start from what people are saying and see where this...
This book seeks to address the question of how the task of teaching mathematics to young children might be better understood. But rather than starting...
Amongst Mathematicians offers a unique perspective on the ways in which mathematicians perceive their students' learning, teach and reflect on their teaching practice; also on how they perceive the often fragile relationship between the communities of mathematics and mathematics education.
Elena Nardi employs two fictional, yet entirely data-grounded, characters to create a conversation on these important issues. While personas are created, the facts incorporated into their stories are based on large bodies of data including intense focused group interviews with...
Amongst Mathematicians offers a unique perspective on the ways in which mathematicians perceive their students' learning, teach and reflec...
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...
Change is an ongoing aspect of education and educators are always seeking alternative and effective approaches to it. The approaches, in the context o...
This work describes tasks that have been used successfully in a range of contexts and countries and are often examples of a broader category of tasks of illustrative of techniques for developing a particular understanding in primary age students.
This work describes tasks that have been used successfully in a range of contexts and countries and are often examples of a broader category of tasks ...
For too many students, mathematics consists of facts in a vacuum, to be memorized because the instructor says so, and to be forgotten when the course of study is completed. In this all-too-common scenario, young learners often miss the chance to develop skills-specifically, reasoning skills-that can serve them for a lifetime. The elegant pages of Teaching Mathematical Reasoning in Secondary School Classrooms propose a more positive solution by presenting a reasoning- and discussion-based approach to teaching mathematics, emphasizing the connections between ideas, or why...
For too many students, mathematics consists of facts in a vacuum, to be memorized because the instructor says so, and to be forgotten when the cour...
Teacher education seeks to transform prospective and/or practicing teachers from neophyte possibly uncritical perspectives on teaching and learning to more knowledgeable, adaptable, analytic, insightful, observant, resourceful, reflective and confident professionals ready to address whatever challenges teaching secondary mathematics presents.
This transformation occurs optimally through constructive engagement in tasks that foster knowledge for teaching secondary mathematics. Ideally such tasks provide a bridge between theory and practice, and challenge, surprise, disturb,...
Teacher education seeks to transform prospective and/or practicing teachers from neophyte possibly uncritical perspectives on teaching and learning...
The idea of teachers Learning through Teaching (LTT) when presented to a naive bystander appears as an oxymoron. Are we not supposed to learn before we teach? After all, under the usual circumstances, learning is the task for those who are being taught, not of those who teach. However, this book is about the learning of teachers, not the learning of students. It is an ancient wisdom that the best way to truly learn something is to teach it to others. Nevertheless, once a teacher has taught a particular topic or concept and, consequently, truly learned it, what is left for this teacher to...
The idea of teachers Learning through Teaching (LTT) when presented to a naive bystander appears as an oxymoron. Are we not supposed to learn before w...
This book seeks to address the question of how the task of teaching mathematics to young children might be better understood. But rather than starting out with a conception of mathematics derived from the many histories mathematics might claim as its own we centre the analysis instead within the social practices that surround the teaching of the subject to children aged four to eleven in English primary schools today. That is, we do not commence with an a priori conception of mathematics and see what people are saying about it. Rather, we start from what people are saying and see where this...
This book seeks to address the question of how the task of teaching mathematics to young children might be better understood. But rather than starting...
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...
Change is an ongoing aspect of education and educators are always seeking alternative and effective approaches to it. The approaches, in the context o...
This volume emerges from discussions during the ICMI study on teacher professional development. The volume successfully incorporates the ICMI theme into relevant research and innovative practices dealing with tasks for mathematics teachers.
This volume emerges from discussions during the ICMI study on teacher professional development. The volume successfully incorporates the ICMI theme in...
