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9783319025612 3319025619 Research on the preparation and continued development of mathematics teachers is becoming an increasingly important subset of mathematics education research. Such research explores the attributes, knowledge, skills and beliefs of mathematics teachers as well as methods for assessing and developing these critical aspects of teachers and influences on teaching."Research Trends in Mathematics Teacher Education" focuses on three major themes in current mathematics teacher education research: mathematical knowledge for teaching, teacher beliefs and identities, and tools and techniques to support teacher learning. Through careful reports of individual research studies and cross-study syntheses of the state of research in these areas, the book provides insights into teachers learning processes and how these processes can be harnessed to develop effective teachers. Chapters investigate bedrock skills needed for working with primary and secondary learners (writing relevant problems, planning lessons, being attentive to student learning) and illustrate how knowledge can be accessed, assessed, and nurtured over the course of a teaching career. Commentaries provide context for current research while identifying areas deserving future study. Included among the topics: Teachers curricular knowledgeTeachers personal and classroom mathematicsTeachers learning journeys toward reasoning and sense-makingTeachers transitions in noticingTeachers uses of a learning trajectory as a tool for mathematics lesson planningA unique and timely set of perspectives on the professional development of mathematics teachers at all stages of their careers, "Research Trends in Mathematics Teacher Education" brings clarity and practical advice to researchers as well as practitioners in this increasingly critical arena.", This book uses expanded papers from the 2012 PME-NAConference to convey important findings and illustrations of the breadth of work in the areas of mathematical knowledge for teaching, teacher characteristics that affect their instruction, and tools that support teacher development. In addition, commentaries on each section set the context for research in the area, pull together the ideas in the section, identify important issues raised by the chapters, and provide insight into what remains to be researched in that area. This book pulls together important ideas and puts them in a broader perspective. It isan important resource for graduate studies in mathematics teacher education and a useful information source for policy makers and professional development providers.
9783319025612 3319025619 Research on the preparation and continued development of mathematics teachers is becoming an increasingly important subset of mathematics education research. Such research explores the attributes, knowledge, skills and beliefs of mathematics teachers as well as methods for assessing and developing these critical aspects of teachers and influences on teaching."Research Trends in Mathematics Teacher Education" focuses on three major themes in current mathematics teacher education research: mathematical knowledge for teaching, teacher beliefs and identities, and tools and techniques to support teacher learning. Through careful reports of individual research studies and cross-study syntheses of the state of research in these areas, the book provides insights into teachers learning processes and how these processes can be harnessed to develop effective teachers. Chapters investigate bedrock skills needed for working with primary and secondary learners (writing relevant problems, planning lessons, being attentive to student learning) and illustrate how knowledge can be accessed, assessed, and nurtured over the course of a teaching career. Commentaries provide context for current research while identifying areas deserving future study. Included among the topics: Teachers curricular knowledgeTeachers personal and classroom mathematicsTeachers learning journeys toward reasoning and sense-makingTeachers transitions in noticingTeachers uses of a learning trajectory as a tool for mathematics lesson planningA unique and timely set of perspectives on the professional development of mathematics teachers at all stages of their careers, "Research Trends in Mathematics Teacher Education" brings clarity and practical advice to researchers as well as practitioners in this increasingly critical arena.", This book uses expanded papers from the 2012 PME-NAConference to convey important findings and illustrations of the breadth of work in the areas of mathematical knowledge for teaching, teacher characteristics that affect their instruction, and tools that support teacher development. In addition, commentaries on each section set the context for research in the area, pull together the ideas in the section, identify important issues raised by the chapters, and provide insight into what remains to be researched in that area. This book pulls together important ideas and puts them in a broader perspective. It isan important resource for graduate studies in mathematics teacher education and a useful information source for policy makers and professional development providers.