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Publication Date: 2015-Mar
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Examining Mathematics Mentor Teachers' Practices in Professional Development Courses on Teaching Data Analysis: Implications for Mentor Teachers' Programs
Kuzle, Ana; Biehler, Rolf
ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, v47 n1 p39-51 Mar 2015
In this paper, we report on the training practices of 12 mathematics mentor teachers who developed and implemented five short professional development courses after participating in a 5-month continuous professional development course "Competence-oriented teaching and learning of data analysis." The intention of this course was to deepen their professional knowledge of teaching statistics using digital tools, and to develop their competences and knowledge for developing and implementing their own professional development courses in statistics. Here, we explore how the professional program itself is reflected in the short courses they designed and implemented. Although the sample is very small, the cases allow for interesting insights into their training practices and challenges that seem to have a major impact on the quality of their professional development courses. On this basis we offer suggestions for how continuous professional development courses for mathematics mentor teachers might be designed to support their diverse needs in the professional development system.
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Mathematics Teachers, Mentors, Educational Practices, Faculty Development, Teacher Educator Education, Professional Continuing Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Quality, Program Effectiveness, Praxis, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Inservice Teacher Education, Training Methods, Transfer of Training
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Education Level: Adult Education
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