Professional Development of Mathematics Teacher Educators: Growth Through Practice

In this paper we present a study conductedwithin the framework of an in-serviceprofessional development program for junior andsenior high school mathematics teachers. Thefocus of the study is the analysis of processesencountered by the staff members, as members ofa community of practice, which contributed totheir growth as teacher educators. We offer athree-layer model of growth through practice asa conceptual framework to think about becominga mathematics teacher educator, and illustratehow our suggested model can be adapted to thecomplexities and commonalities of theunderlying processes of professionaldevelopment of mathematics teacher educators.     

Black Educators Fight Back: Facing and Navigating Vulnerability and Stress in Teacher Development

This article examines Black educators’ experiences in Grow Your Own programs along a teacher development continuum at the intersection of social and human development constructs and frameworks, such as double binds and Phenomenological Variant Ecological Systems Theory (PVEST). More robust and nuanced interpretations of how Black educators grow and sustain their presence in the field of education are explored utilizing these analytical tools to determine how Black educators make their way along the teacher development continuum. Findings related to Black educators’ development as they transition as students to teachers, using double bind constructs at each stage of PVEST, are described, and research and praxis questions are extended for implications.     

Undergraduate Mathematics Experience: Its Significance in Secondary Mathematics Teacher Preparation

This paper reports views of studentteachers on a one year secondary teacherpreparation course about their undergraduateexperiences of learning mathematics. Writtenresponse data were collected from 173 studentteachers (trainees) from several differentinstitutions and their views were collated andthematised. The principal issues that arise arethose of discontinuity of experience fromschool to university, the lack of preparednessfor ``struggle' in the face of challengingmathematics at university and an unresponsivestyle of teaching and assessing. Thesignificance of these views to the students asprospective teachers and the ways in which theycould be used by teacher educators on trainingcourses is discussed.     

西藏地区中小学数学教师认识信念的调查研究

本研究选取西藏地区353名中小学数学教师作为研究对象,通过问卷调查、访谈的方法,采用描述性统计、独立样本t检验和单因素方差分析等探索西藏中小学数学教师认识信念的现状和背景因素差异。研究发现:西藏中小学数学教师的数学认识信念总体上呈进步倾向,在教师自身认识信念上则存在显著的学校位置差异,并且职称对数学教师的数学认识信念、教龄对数学教师的学生信念、学历对数学教师的数学学习信念和数学教学信念均产生一定影响。     

教师:灵魂工程师的困境与出路

把教师看成人类灵魂的工程师是对教师工作性质的一种隐喻,这种隐喻关涉的不是教师与学生在课程中“如何求知”的技术层面,而是“如何为人”的精神层面。它不仅暗示着教师必须具有“崇高的”灵魂,而且学生也必须学着像教师一样变得“崇高”,反映了现代性对人的精神期待企图通过教师的影响来渗透到课程的每一个领域。然而,在当代,作为灵魂工程师的教师同样可能面临不同程度的精神压力,甚至自身精神家园的迷失。一、作为灵魂工程师的教师及其规训方式考察“教师是人类灵魂的工程师”这一隐喻的出现,意味着对“教师是如何被塑造成灵魂的工程师”…     

少数民族中学数学教师数学史素养调查研究——以内蒙古自治区包头市部分中学蒙古族教师为例

少数民族教师的素养是民族教育事业改革的关键.数学史素养的提升可促进数学教师素养体系的全面发展.对包头地区中学少数民族数学教师数学史素养进行调查与分析,发现少数民族教师数学史素养的诸多不足.因此,教师要转变教育观念,加深对数学史的认识,关注数学史在教学中的开发研究,自觉的提升自身的科研能力.高师民族院校应改进数学史课程,提升教师数学史素养.     

Understanding Teacher Educators and Their Pre-Service Teachers through Multi-Media Case Studies of Practice

The challenges facing those who seek to prepare mathematics teachers are well established in the literature. Most of the research to date has focused on the perceptions and understandings of pre-service teachers, but not on the perceptions and understandings of teacher educators. In this study, we explore how four teacher educators understand their pre-service secondary teachers as the pre-service teachers attempt to make sense of teaching through the investigation of a multimedia case study of practice. We found that the teacher educators adopted two different implementation strategies: one strategy tended to be open-ended and exploratory; the other was more focused on the teacher educators' goals of anticipating student understanding and developing mathematical content knowledge for teaching. We also found that, in using the case study, teacher educators elicited pre-service teachers' thinking about the complexities of the teacher's role in small group work, about the value of explicitly revealing the teacher's reflections on the lessons, about the role of planning and preparation, and about the limits of pre-service teachers' abilities to understand and appreciate students' thinking and to extend lesson ideas. Both teacher educators and their pre-service teachers gained perspectives on the role of a teacher's mathematical content knowledge. These results imply that multimedia case studies of practice can serve as vehicles for revealing the knowledge and practice of teacher educators, as they engage in supporting the professional development of pre-service teachers.     

Overseas Short-term Training Program for Chinese University Teacher Educators:Theoretical Basis and Course Design

Overseas three-month intra-university training program is rear in Yunnan, China. Using adult learning and social con-structivism as theoretical basis, the author, introduces the background of the program and the course design,highlighting the inten-tion for the program and similar programs.     

Revisiting School Mathematics in Pre-service Secondary Teacher Education: Purposes,Opportunities and Challenges

International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education - Despite compelling arguments for the importance of revisiting school mathematics in pre-service mathematics teacher education, there is...     

What are Finnish Teacher Educators’ Conceptions about the Teaching of Problem Solving in Mathematics?

The aim of this study was to determine Finnish teacher educators’ conceptions about problem solving, the teaching of problem solving and the prerequisites they feel its teaching requires. Teacher educators’ conceptions were collected with two questionnaires within a two‐part seminar on problem solving which was held in 1986 and 1987. Analysis of the resulting percentage tables yielded some information about the teacher educators’ conceptions about the teaching of problem solving. The highest level of consensus was obtained for statements that reflect an open‐minded approach to teaching. The consensus was lowest for the statement which stated that mathematical formalism should be stressed.     

教师教育者五大角色探析

随着教师教育研究的不断深入,教师教育者的职业面貌、职业行为、思维方式的研究也日益受到关注。了解教师教育者所扮演的不同角色所要求的知识技能及获取渠道,可以有效促进其职业发展。本文以教师教育者所扮演的五个职业角色——教师的教师、研究者、指导者、守门人和课程开发者为切入点,阐述教师教育者的职业行为及职业发展特征,提出通过加强职前培养、开展自我研究、创建研究共同体等策略促进教师教育者职业发展。     

Facilitating Professional Development during International Practicum: Understanding our Work as Teacher Educators through Critical Incidents

This collaborative self-study details the experiences of an Australian teacher educator and a Canadian teacher educator, who led teacher candidates on international practicum placements to the Cook Islands and Kenya respectively. Focusing on critical incidents, they collaboratively analyzed dilemmas that occurred when providing professional development sessions for local teachers during these placements. These dilemmas required the teacher educators to think deeply about their beliefs and practices in these contexts. Findings from the study included the teacher educator’s tendency to make assumptions about good teaching and learning practices that were reflective of their personal pedagogical values and beliefs; their discomfort with their perceptions of some neo‐colonial practices within these international practicum sites and uncertainty about how to navigate the resultant tensions; and, the need to view the work of teacher educators though a new cultural lens when working in transnational contexts. Implications for teacher educators working with local hosting teachers during international placements include the need to understand and acknowledge the complexity of this dimension of teacher educators’ work, and for teacher educators to engage in parallel learning journeys with the teacher candidates they accompany. This involves critically reflecting on the experiences, assumptions, and beliefs that they bring to their new contexts, as well as adopting a global perspective and a deep consciousness of how one is perceived by others who are culturally, racially, or linguistically different.     

从国际比较研究的视角来看中国职前数学教师教育

由于教师的知识和技能对提高课堂教学质量至关重要,职前数学教师准备相应成为一个重要的研究课题.数学教师准备包括许多方面,如专业和课程设置,内容选择等.最近一系列国际比较研究揭示了中国中小学数学教师准备的优点与不足并存.相关研究发现为探索未来中国数学教师培养的课程发展及研究方向提供了有益的借鉴.     

Mathematics Across the University: Facing the Problem

Abstract

We explore the development of a Mathematics Advisory and Co‐ordinating Service (MACS) at Hull University. We discuss a theory of learning which supports our distinction between two types of mathematics support required in universities today. These two aspects of the problem lead to two distinct teaching models which relate back to the learning theory.     

中等职业学校语文课程的内涵和理解

语文课程肩负发展性教育的使命,传统课程领域的范式是课程开发,满足于语文课程历时性的工具意义。而在新的历史语境下,注重的是语文课程的共时性的人文价值。因此,中等职业学校的语文课程,必须凸显语文教育的文化特质和人文精神,消解工具性与人文性的二元对立,突出职业基础教育的特点。强调语文课程的普遍性和共时性的人文价值,必须和"技术兴趣"要旨以及具有"程序主义"倾向的"课程开发"相区别。