Discusses the priorities that second-year education students hold for primary mathematics content and student learning. Reflects upon the mathematics subjects within the context of current research and mathematics curriculum policy and inferences about education students' beliefs. (Author/KHR)

Discusses the development, implementation, and evaluation of a unit designed to assist preservice teachers of quantitative literacy called numeracy. Investigates the relevance of quantitative literacy to daily life, aspects of quantitative literacy, and lessons in schooling using an internet site as a teaching resource. (Author/KHR)

Discusses the situations of seven teacher education centers in New Zealand. Assesses the influence of whether and how multicultural perspectives on mathematics teaching have been introduced into these programs. (Author/KHR)

Introduces and reflects on recent developments in German elementary teacher education programs with respect to a "listening" orientation towards mathematics teaching. Focuses on student teachers' professional learning processes while they collect, collectively interpret, and analyze qualitative data from primary classroom episodes in which…

Presents the case of a year long course based on fieldwork activities provided to secondary school mathematics preservice teachers just before their student teaching practicum. Argues that fieldwork experiences may help prospective teachers in developing a professional discourse and in assuming a professional identity. (Author/MM)

Summarizes and critiques research on the role of mathematics content knowledge in the preparation and teaching practice of elementary (K-8) teachers in the United States. Calls for future research to give us longitudinal "videotapes" of teachers' knowledge and how it is developed and used in a variety of contexts. (Author/MM)

Highlights the issues raised with regard to preservice teacher confidence, attitude and course provision by the decision to expose them to deficits in their content knowledge at the beginning of their training period. (Author/MM)

Discusses the nature of the current emphasis on numeracy in Australian teacher training. Describes the rationale, development and delivery of the first year of the "Numeracy Across the Curriculum" unit, provides a brief evaluation from the perspective of staff and students, and discusses what impact such teacher education programs might have on…

Describes a professional development program for secondary school mathematics teachers in which the focus of the program is mathematical definition. The program aimed to develop teachers' subject matter knowledge including knowledge of the substance of mathematics and knowledge about the nature and discourse of mathematics. (Author/MM)

Describes a series of five one semester courses attended jointly by prospective and practicing teachers of grades K-8 and in which practicing teachers act as mentors for prospective teachers. (Author/MM)

Documents the findings of a three-phase research project that led to the development of a teaching/learning framework for promoting thinking and understanding in mathematics classrooms. Contributes to a growing body of empirically-based knowledge that seeks to bridge the gap between theory and practice. (Contains 31 references.) (Author/ASK)

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)

Examines primary teachers' beliefs about teaching, learning, and assessing mathematics. Considers the relationships between these beliefs and specific teacher characteristics such as gender, years of experience, grade level, and qualifications in mathematics. Indicates that female teachers score higher than male teachers on using assessment to…

Explores how a group of 11 preservice secondary mathematics teachers developed their understanding of what it means to teach for understanding. Begins with a discussion of what teaching for understanding might look like in practice. Discusses the activities the students took part in and presents evidence of their learning. (Contains 20…

Describes the development of a web-based resource on school practice designed to support preservice mathematics teachers. Conducts focus group discussions to gain ideas from students about the type of support that would be most helpful to them as they prepare to teach mathematics lessons, and how the university might be able to assist with these…