ERIC Number: EJ1040876
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Sep
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1033-2170
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The Discursive Production of Classroom Mathematics
Smith, Kim; Hodson, Elaine; Brown, Tony
Mathematics Education Research Journal, v25 n3 p379-397 Sep 2013
School mathematics is a function of its discursive environment where the language being used formats mathematical activity. The paper explores this theme through an extended example in which the conduct of mathematical teaching and learning is restricted by regulative educational policies. It considers how mathematics is discursively produced by student teachers within an employment-based model of teacher education in England where there is a low university input. It is argued that teacher reflections on mathematical learning and teaching within the course are patterned discursively in line with formal curriculum framings, assessment requirements and the local demands of their placement school. Both teachers and students are subject to regulative discourses that shape their actions and as a consequence this regulation influences the forms of mathematical activity that can take place. It is shown how university sessions can provide a limited critical platform from which to interrogate these restrictions and renegotiate them.
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Educational Policy, Student Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Curriculum, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Student Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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