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50 Years of ERIC
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"You Just Have to Take a Bit of a Risk Sometimes": Breaking the "Cycle of Tradition" in Primary Mathematics
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Frid, Sandra; Sparrow, Len – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore the mathematics teaching practices of graduates of a pre-service primary/early childhood education program designed to develop teachers' capacities to implement non-traditional mathematics curricula. As a complementary component of a large survey study of graduate teachers, graduates were interviewed to…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Early Childhood Education, Teaching Methods, Mathematics Instruction
Constructivism and Reflective Practice in Practice: Challenges and Dilemmas of a Mathematics Educator.
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Frid, Sandra – Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 2000
Examines some reasons for the gap between teacher education and school practices, a potential conflict between teacher educator's views and pre-service teacher's own views of their learning, and negligence in examining the discourses within which educational practices are constituted. (Contains 37 references.) (Author/ASK)
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers