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Beers, Donna Lee; Davidson, Ellen May – PRIMUS, 2009
This article describes a collaboration between two faculty members, one from mathematics and the other from education, to strengthen the preparation of pre-service elementary school teachers for teaching mathematics. The model used is a learning community which combines a mathematics content course offered by the mathematics department, with a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Cooperative Planning
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Buck, Robert E. – PRIMUS, 2004
One of the major problems facing education today is the inadequate mathematics' preparation of pre-college students and their teachers. Most colleges and universities have well established programs for students planning to teach mathematics at the secondary schools; however, in many institutions pre-secondary mathematics has been addressed only…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Certification, Middle School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers