ERIC Number: EJ1195996
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-1442-3901
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Growing Mathematics Teachers: Pre-Service Primary Teachers' Relationships with Mathematics
Ingram, Naomi; Linsell, Chris; Offen, Bilinda
Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, v20 n3 p41-60 2018
The 83 primary pre-service teachers beginning their three-year programme in 2015 at the University Otago were participants in the Growing Mathematics Teachers' Project. In this longitudinal research, the pre-service teachers' mathematical content knowledge was examined, as well as other affective aspects of their relationships with mathematics, including beliefs and feelings about mathematics and teaching, and associated identities. At the beginning of their programme, 40% of the pre-service teachers did not meet the required standard for content knowledge, and other aspects of their relationships with mathematics were negative. Their programme was adjusted by supporting their content knowledge, teaching affective aspects explicitly, and positive role modelling. During their programme, the pre-service teachers' relationships with mathematics generally became more positive as their teaching identity grew, although their confidence remained somewhat conditional on their content knowledge and the age of the students they were placed with on professional experience.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Mathematics Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Knowledge Level, Beliefs, Undergraduate Students, Self Efficacy, Psychological Patterns, Attitude Change
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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