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9781681235721: The Mathematics Education of Elementary Teachers: Issues and Strategies for Content Courses
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ISBN 10 : 1681235722 ISBN 13 : 9781681235721
Editeur : Information Age Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

This book is an edited volume addressing specific issues of significance for individuals involved with the undergraduate mathematics content preparation of prospective elementary teachers (PSTs). Teaching mathematics content courses to this group of students presents unique challenges. While some PSTs enter their teacher preparation with weak mathematical skills and knowledge, many also hold negative attitudes, anxiety, and misguided beliefs about mathematics. This book is designed to support instructors who teach these students in mathematics content for elementary teachers courses.

Elementary teachers need a richly developed understanding of the mathematics they are teaching in order to teach it effectively. Providing them with the needed preparation is difficult, but can be eased with a solid understanding of the mathematical concerns and limitations PSTs bring to the learning of mathematics and a familiarity with the standards and curricula topics PSTs will be expected to teach. Chapter One makes the argument that elementary mathematics is not trivial. This is followed by an analysis of four central issues related to the mathematical preparation of elementary teachers, specifically: (1) selecting/creating/modifying and implementing mathematical tasks (2) noticing/understanding children's ways of thinking as a foundation for learning mathematics, (3) developing mathematical habits of mind in PSTs, and (4) understanding the role affect plays in the mathematical learning of PSTs. The final chapter presents three international examples of programs that currently consider these factors in the implementation of their courses.

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À propos de l?auteur

Lynn C. Hart, Georgia State University, USA.

Susan Oesterle, Douglas College, Canada.

Susan Swars Auslander, Georgia State University, USA.

Ann Kajander, Lakehead University, Canada.

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Éditeur
Information Age Publishing
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1681235722
ISBN 13 
9781681235721
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
146
Éditeur
Hart Lynn C.
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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